Recorded 1898–2025 · United States
Emmanuel was most popular in 2008, when 2,868 American babies were given the name — ranking #265 that year. In 2025 it ranked #336, with 2,035 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 91,451 people named Emmanuel.
Emmanuel first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1898, which makes it about 127 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 120 of the 128 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 91,451 American births named Emmanuel between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 88,086 are estimated to be alive today.
2,035 American babies were named Emmanuel in 2025, ranking #336 that year.
Emmanuel is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 2,082 births a year, against 2,557 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -19% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Emmanuel is a boy’s name — 0.4% of the 91,451 Americans given it were girls and 99.6% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 88,086 Americans named Emmanuel are alive today — 96% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 19 years old, and half are between 10 and 30.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
A variant of Manuel · Hebrew · from Emmanuel, "God is with us"
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org