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 1987
Top girls' names in 1987
Top boys' names in 1987
More about 1987
girls
1,738,632 girls got a published name in 1987; 1 in 217,329 of them was named Emanuel, which outranked 39.8% of the 13,263 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #7,353Zana9
- #7,353Zanetta9
- #7,353Zeina9
- #7,987Emanuel8
- #7,987Aarin8
- #7,987Adrena8
- #7,987Africa8
- #8,778Aarti7
- #8,778Aasha7
- #8,778Abilene7
Tied with 790 names at #7,987; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,866,984 boys got a published name in 1987; 1 in 3,364 of them was named Emanuel, which outranked 95.7% of the 8,152 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.