Immanuel

Immanuel was the #1,204 boys' name in the US in 2025 (168 babies), and #1,153 in England & Wales and #2,095 in Canada.

Immanuel as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Immanuel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USEngland & WalesCanada
Immanuel as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
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 & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#1,204 (168)#1,153 (25)—#2,095 (9)
2024#1,205 (168)#1,322 (20)#785 (3)#1,306 (17)
2023#1,156 (180)#1,108 (26)—#2,614 (6)
2022#1,228 (160)#1,469 (17)—#1,653 (11)
2021#1,207 (160)#1,329 (19)#755 (3)#1,898 (9)
2020#1,130 (173)#1,825 (12)—#999 (22)
2019#1,018 (204)#1,506 (16)—#1,256 (16)
2018#970 (214)#1,875 (12)—#1,056 (20)
2017#1,010 (200)#1,339 (19)—#1,510 (12)
2016#963 (214)#1,234 (22)—#1,578 (11)
2015#906 (239)#1,442 (17)—#1,204 (16)
2014#1,008 (203)#1,061 (26)—#1,200 (16)
2013#991 (200)#1,462 (16)#711 (3)#1,551 (11)
2012#968 (208)#1,589 (15)—#1,466 (12)
2011#1,097 (169)#1,788 (12)—#1,569 (11)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2015 at #906.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1917.

How common is it?

about 1 in 10,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 10,000rare
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 11,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 18,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Immanuel is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 9,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 8,700 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Immanuel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,023ILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,410NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #949INOhio: #1,267OHPennsylvania: #742PANew Jersey: #915NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,364CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #587VAMaryland: #809MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #927AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,028NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #990GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,135TXFlorida: #1,056FL
Immanuel (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
Ontario2024#1,2178

Immanuel (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
ImmanuelCanadaBoys#2,0959
ImmanuelEngland & WalesBoys#1,15325
ImmanuelIrelandBoys—too few
ImmanuelNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ImmanuelUSBoys#1,204168