# Immanuel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/immanuel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Hebrew |
| Meaning | “god is with us” |
| Pronunciation | /ɪˈmænjuəl/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Emmanuel |
| US babies named this | 6,146 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,146 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 454, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Hebrew עִמָּנוּאֵל (ʿimanuʾél), from עִמָּנוּ אֵל (ʿimánu ʾél, literally “God is with us”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 169 | 1,098 |
| 2012 | 208 | 969 |
| 2013 | 200 | 991 |
| 2014 | 203 | 1,009 |
| 2015 | 239 | 906 |
| 2016 | 214 | 965 |
| 2017 | 200 | 1,012 |
| 2018 | 214 | 974 |
| 2019 | 204 | 1,020 |
| 2020 | 173 | 1,131 |
| 2021 | 160 | 1,210 |
| 2022 | 160 | 1,231 |
| 2023 | 180 | 1,158 |
| 2024 | 168 | 1,208 |
| 2025 | 168 | 1,207 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,589 |
| 2013 | 16 | 1,462 |
| 2014 | 26 | 1,061 |
| 2015 | 17 | 1,442 |
| 2016 | 22 | 1,234 |
| 2017 | 19 | 1,339 |
| 2018 | 12 | 1,875 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,506 |
| 2020 | 12 | 1,825 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,329 |
| 2022 | 17 | 1,469 |
| 2023 | 26 | 1,108 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 25 | 1,153 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: عَمَّانُوئِيل
- Chinese: 以馬內利 /以马内利, 厄瑪奴耳 /厄玛奴耳
- French: Emmanuel
- Greek: Εμμανουήλ
- Hindi: इम्मानुएल
- Indonesian: Imanuel
- Portuguese: Emanuel
- Spanish: Emanuel

## People named Immanuel

- Immanuel Wallerstein, American sociologist and economic historian (1930–2019)
- Immanuel Bekker, German classical scholar and philologist (1785-1871)
- Immanuel Quickley, American basketball player (born 1999)
- Wilhelm Heinrich Immanuel Bleek, German linguist (1827-1875)
- Immanuel Jakobovits, British rabbi, styled Baron Jakobovits (1921-1999)
- Karl Immanuel Nitzsch, German church leader (1787–1868)
- Immanuel McElroy, American basketball player (born 1980)
- Immanuel Höhn, German footballer
- Immanuel Faisst, German composer (1823-1894)
- Jens Baggesen, Danish poet (1764-1826)
- Karl Everhard Goebel, German botanist (1855-1932)
- Heinrich Anschütz, German actor

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.