Emanuel

What Emanuel means

Spanish, meaning “God is with us”

From Hebrew עִמָּנוּאֵל (imanu'él), from עִמָּנוּ אֵל (imánu él, literally “God is with us”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Emanuel” (revision 93543225), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Emanuel?

US: Falling: down from #348 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #646 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2011, when 1,326 boys got the name (#261 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 3,330 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 6,633 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 6,547 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MA (0.67 per 1,000 boys), CA (0.56 per 1,000 boys), CT (0.53 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Emanuel is #574 in the US and #798 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Emanuel were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Emmanuel2,035 US · 161 E&W
• Immanuel168 US · 25 E&W
• Amanuel14 US · 5 E&W
• Ammanuel6 US
• Emmanual6 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Emanuel

Boys

• Kaleb#295“dog”^*
• Issac#915Variant of Isaac, meaning “he laughs, he will laugh”^*
• Gabriel#37Finnish, meaning “God is my strong man, God is my hero”^*
• Ethan#24“firmness, strong, or long-lived”^*
• Caleb#58possibly “dog”^*
• Jeremiah#88“Yahweh exalt”^*

For a sister

• Daniella#468Form of Daniel, meaning “God is my judge”^*
• Gabriella#105Editor’s note Down from #54 in 2015 to #105 in 2025 in the US
• Abigail#41“my Father's joy”^*
• Jordyn#371Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #136 in 2015, #371 in 2025
• Daniela#302Form of Daniel, meaning “God is my judge”^*
• Annika#995Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2003, with 1,089 babies; 254 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Hebrew, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Emanuel’s. Rank is US 2025.