Emanuel
Last seen for girls in 2023 at #13,462 · #574 for boys in 2025, 513 births
Given to boys 99.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 57 births
- Debut · boys
- 57 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 54,756since 1880
Emanuel over time
Rank among boys' names. Emanuel has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #574 | 513 | |
| 2024 | — | #492 | 626 | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | #484 | 623 |
| 2022 | — | #465 | 662 | |
| 2021 | — | #508 | 579 | |
| 2020 | — | #410 | 723 | |
| 2019 | — | #421 | 741 | |
| 2018 | — | #428 | 712 | |
| 2017 | — | #413 | 754 | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #364 | 915 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #348 | 979 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #331 | 1,026 |
| 2013 | — | #322 | 1,032 | |
| 2012 | — | #306 | 1,097 | |
| 2011 | — | #261 | 1,326 | |
| 2010 | — | #281 | 1,196 | |
| 2009 | #12,429 | 8 | #266 | 1,291 |
| 2008 | — | #259 | 1,350 | |
| 2007 | — | #256 | 1,386 | |
| 2006 | — | #261 | 1,313 | |
| 2005 | — | #269 | 1,232 | |
| 2004 | — | #277 | 1,150 | |
| 2003 | — | #293 | 1,053 | |
| 2002 | — | #292 | 1,022 | |
| 2001 | — | #319 | 881 | |
| 2000 | — | #329 | 863 | |
| 1999 | — | #329 | 832 | |
| 1998 | #10,122 | 8 | #359 | 726 |
| 1997 | #12,070 | 6 | #369 | 659 |
| 1996 | — | #350 | 701 | |
| 1995 | — | #374 | 634 | |
| 1994 | — | #375 | 624 | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #366 | 645 |
| 1992 | — | #362 | 652 | |
| 1991 | — | #383 | 591 | |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #370 | 629 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 | #380 | 590 |
| 1988 | — | #364 | 552 | |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 | #350 | 555 |
| 1986 | — | #357 | 530 | |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 | #349 | 532 |
| 1984 | — | #335 | 554 | |
| 1983 | — | #399 | 414 | |
| 1982 | — | #440 | 366 | |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #389 | 433 |
| 1980 | — | #451 | 343 | |
| 1979 | — | #490 | 287 | |
| 1978 | — | #486 | 278 | |
| 1977 | — | #515 | 255 | |
| 1976 | — | #524 | 236 | |
| 1975 | — | #509 | 246 | |
| 1974 | — | #555 | 208 | |
| 1973 | — | #547 | 206 | |
| 1972 | #8,292 | 5 | #539 | 218 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #536 | 222 |
| 1970 | — | #527 | 235 | |
| 1969 | — | #552 | 203 | |
| 1968 | — | #509 | 220 | |
| 1967 | — | #522 | 204 | |
| 1966 | — | #520 | 214 | |
| 1965 | #6,539 | 5 | #533 | 208 |
| 1964 | — | #546 | 208 | |
| 1963 | — | #522 | 233 | |
| 1962 | — | #514 | 236 | |
| 1961 | — | #533 | 222 | |
| 1960 | — | #549 | 205 | |
| 1959 | — | #489 | 256 | |
| 1958 | — | #491 | 253 | |
| 1957 | — | #478 | 266 | |
| 1956 | — | #480 | 249 | |
| 1955 | — | #468 | 249 | |
| 1954 | — | #490 | 218 | |
| 1953 | — | #478 | 214 | |
| 1952 | — | #480 | 212 | |
| 1951 | — | #430 | 247 | |
| 1950 | — | #446 | 222 | |
| 1949 | — | #440 | 231 | |
| 1948 | — | #442 | 225 | |
| 1947 | — | #477 | 196 | |
| 1946 | — | #479 | 179 | |
| 1945 | — | #434 | 188 | |
| 1944 | — | #460 | 174 | |
| 1943 | — | #454 | 192 | |
| 1942 | — | #453 | 185 | |
| 1941 | — | #443 | 175 | |
| 1940 | — | #427 | 186 | |
| 1939 | — | #411 | 192 | |
| 1938 | — | #429 | 177 | |
| 1937 | — | #395 | 197 | |
| 1936 | — | #386 | 201 | |
| 1935 | — | #369 | 213 | |
| 1934 | — | #420 | 177 | |
| 1933 | — | #398 | 184 | |
| 1932 | — | #374 | 223 | |
| 1931 | — | #400 | 198 | |
| 1930 | — | #359 | 255 | |
| 1929 | — | #355 | 251 | |
| 1928 | — | #334 | 285 | |
| 1927 | — | #325 | 307 | |
| 1926 | — | #333 | 302 | |
| 1925 | — | #322 | 313 | |
| 1924 | — | #307 | 345 | |
| 1923 | — | #319 | 329 | |
| 1922 | — | #310 | 343 | |
| 1921 | — | #304 | 354 | |
| 1920 | — | #288 | 381 | |
| 1919 | — | #307 | 322 | |
| 1918 | — | #272 | 384 | |
| 1917 | — | #266 | 362 | |
| 1916 | — | #294 | 306 | |
| 1915 | — | #261 | 345 | |
| 1914 | — | #276 | 252 | |
| 1913 | — | #253 | 224 | |
| 1912 | — | #244 | 207 | |
| 1911 | — | #230 | 124 | |
| 1910 | — | #236 | 99 | |
| 1909 | — | #265 | 69 | |
| 1908 | — | #265 | 64 | |
| 1907 | — | #278 | 56 | |
| 1906 | — | #250 | 62 | |
| 1905 | — | #236 | 69 | |
| 1904 | — | #239 | 62 | |
| 1903 | — | #256 | 51 | |
| 1902 | — | #267 | 49 | |
| 1901 | — | #284 | 37 | |
| 1900 | — | #312 | 45 | |
| 1899 | — | #257 | 42 | |
| 1898 | — | #255 | 48 | |
| 1897 | — | #299 | 37 | |
| 1896 | — | #253 | 52 | |
| 1895 | — | #217 | 64 | |
| 1894 | — | #248 | 49 | |
| 1893 | — | #279 | 39 | |
| 1892 | — | #223 | 61 | |
| 1891 | — | #308 | 29 | |
| 1890 | — | #302 | 32 | |
| 1889 | — | #260 | 41 | |
| 1888 | — | #330 | 30 | |
| 1887 | — | #246 | 42 | |
| 1886 | — | #252 | 46 | |
| 1885 | — | #298 | 32 | |
| 1884 | — | #257 | 44 | |
| 1883 | — | #282 | 34 | |
| 1882 | — | #257 | 45 | |
| 1881 | — | #220 | 48 | |
| 1880 | — | #211 | 57 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Emanuel was already there! It came in at #211, and was given to 57 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1887–1891, when fewer than 43 boys a year got the name.
See more about Emanuel
- 82 spots since 2024 (#492 → #574)
- 164 spots since 2020 (#410 → #574)
- 226 spots since 2015 (#348 → #574)
- Biggest jump: 85 spots in 1892 (#308 → #223)
- Biggest drop: 98 spots in 2021 (#410 → #508)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #211 (57 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,432 boys born in 2011 were named Emanuel (0.07%)
- Latest: 1 in 3,330 boys born in 2025 (0.03%)
- Its best rank, #211 in 1880, was only 1 in 1,938 (0.05%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 21.1% of all boys named Emanuel (11,541) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 419 | #211 (1880) | #261 |
| 1890s | 453 | #217 (1895) | #264 |
| 1900s | 564 | #236 (1905) | #265 |
| 1910s | 2,625 | #230 (1911) | #264 |
| 1920s | 3,210 | #288 (1920) | #320 |
| 1930s | 2,017 | #359 (1930) | #394 |
| 1940s | 1,931 | #427 (1940) | #451 |
| 1950s | 2,386 | #430 (1951) | #473 |
| 1960s | 2,153 | #509 (1968) | #530 |
| 1970s | 2,391 | #486 (1978) | #523 |
| 1980s | 4,869 | #335 (1984) | #381 |
| 1990s | 6,693 | #329 (1999) | #364 |
| 2000s | 11,541 | #256 (2007) | #282 |
| 2010s | 9,778 | #261 (2011) | #348 |
| 2020s | 3,726 | #410 (2020) | #489 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Emanuel in 1959
Top boys' names in 1959
More about 1959
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2,134,518 boys got a published name in 1959; 1 in 8,338 of them was named Emanuel, which outranked 89.3% of the 4,572 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.