Emmanuel

Emmanuel was the #179 boys' name in the US in 2025 (2,035 babies), and #279 in England & Wales and #221 in Canada.

Emmanuel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Emmanuel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandEngland & WalesScotland
Emmanuel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.631.251.882.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#179 (2,035)#279 (161)#441 (7)—#286 (15)#221 (154)
2024#181 (2,054)#242 (204)#727 (3)—#327 (12)#221 (149)
2023#173 (2,107)#266 (173)#482 (6)—#770 (3)#235 (137)
2022#169 (2,220)#319 (139)#522 (5)—#509 (6)#229 (147)
2021#191 (1,985)#362 (125)——#454 (7)#256 (134)
2020#151 (2,462)#327 (141)——#496 (6)#232 (143)
2019#164 (2,423)#320 (148)#464 (6)—#506 (6)#205 (178)
2018#159 (2,424)#316 (151)#472 (6)—#401 (9)#209 (172)
2017#155 (2,520)#272 (191)#532 (5)—#336 (12)#235 (156)
2016#158 (2,571)#260 (203)#707 (3)—#389 (9)#212 (173)
2015#151 (2,749)#239 (234)#529 (5)—#245 (21)#207 (179)
2014#165 (2,568)#240 (230)#587 (4)#398 (3)#325 (13)#242 (148)
2013#171 (2,401)#227 (230)#466 (6)—#404 (9)#203 (179)
2012#165 (2,351)#230 (225)#434 (7)—#300 (15)#173 (204)
2011#147 (2,676)#206 (255)#648 (3)—#308 (14)#216 (157)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #151.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1898.

How common is it?

about 1 in 840 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 840common
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 1,700uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 2,800uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 1,600uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Emmanuel is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 820 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 750 to 1 in 910.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Emmanuel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #192WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #166WAIdaho: #332IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #202MNIllinois: #184ILMichigan: #307MINew York: #160NYMassachusetts: #150MAOregon: #247ORNevada: #160NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #257IAIndiana: #223INOhio: #302OHPennsylvania: #312PANew Jersey: #165NJConnecticut: #210CTRhode Island: #155RICalifornia: #124CAUtah: #302UTColorado: #251CONebraska: #210NEMissouri: #789MOKentucky: #375KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #237VAMaryland: #159MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #122AZNew Mexico: #179NMKansas: #324KSArkansas: #305ARTennessee: #259TNNorth Carolina: #172NCSouth Carolina: #243SCDistrict of Columbia: #168DCOklahoma: #211OKLouisiana: #401LAMississippi: #333MSAlabama: #274ALGeorgia: #158GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #115TXFlorida: #122FL
Emmanuel (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#12454
Ontario2024#23859

Emmanuel (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
EmmanuelCanadaGirls—too few
EmmanuelCanadaBoys#221154
EmmanuelEngland & WalesBoys#279161
EmmanuelIrelandBoys#28615
EmmanuelNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
EmmanuelScotlandBoys#4417
EmmanuelUSGirls—too few
EmmanuelUSBoys#1792,035