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

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Peak · boys
1880 · 57 births
Debut · boys
57 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
54,756
since 1880

Emanuel over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Emanuel has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201889peak #211, 1880boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#574513
2024—#492626
2023#13,4626#484623
2022—#465662
2021—#508579
2020—#410723
2019—#421741
2018—#428712
2017—#413754
2016#14,3316#364915
2015#16,4195#348979
2014#14,5586#3311,026
2013—#3221,032
2012—#3061,097
2011—#2611,326
2010—#2811,196
2009#12,4298#2661,291
2008—#2591,350
2007—#2561,386
2006—#2611,313
2005—#2691,232
2004—#2771,150
2003—#2931,053
2002—#2921,022
2001—#319881
2000—#329863
1999—#329832
1998#10,1228#359726
1997#12,0706#369659
1996—#350701
1995—#374634
1994—#375624
1993#11,7806#366645
1992—#362652
1991—#383591
1990#12,9585#370629
1989#9,6817#380590
1988—#364552
1987#7,9878#350555
1986—#357530
1985#9,3076#349532
1984—#335554
1983—#399414
1982—#440366
1981#9,1106#389433
1980—#451343
1979—#490287
1978—#486278
1977—#515255
1976—#524236
1975—#509246
1974—#555208
1973—#547206
1972#8,2925#539218
1971#7,3886#536222
1970—#527235
1969—#552203
1968—#509220
1967—#522204
1966—#520214
1965#6,5395#533208
1964—#546208
1963—#522233
1962—#514236
1961—#533222
1960—#549205
1959—#489256
1958—#491253
1957—#478266
1956—#480249
1955—#468249
1954—#490218
1953—#478214
1952—#480212
1951—#430247
1950—#446222
1949—#440231
1948—#442225
1947—#477196
1946—#479179
1945—#434188
1944—#460174
1943—#454192
1942—#453185
1941—#443175
1940—#427186
1939—#411192
1938—#429177
1937—#395197
1936—#386201
1935—#369213
1934—#420177
1933—#398184
1932—#374223
1931—#400198
1930—#359255
1929—#355251
1928—#334285
1927—#325307
1926—#333302
1925—#322313
1924—#307345
1923—#319329
1922—#310343
1921—#304354
1920—#288381
1919—#307322
1918—#272384
1917—#266362
1916—#294306
1915—#261345
1914—#276252
1913—#253224
1912—#244207
1911—#230124
1910—#23699
1909—#26569
1908—#26564
1907—#27856
1906—#25062
1905—#23669
1904—#23962
1903—#25651
1902—#26749
1901—#28437
1900—#31245
1899—#25742
1898—#25548
1897—#29937
1896—#25352
1895—#21764
1894—#24849
1893—#27939
1892—#22361
1891—#30829
1890—#30232
1889—#26041
1888—#33030
1887—#24642
1886—#25246
1885—#29832
1884—#25744
1883—#28234
1882—#25745
1881—#22048
1880—#21157
First appearance
1880

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.

Where Emanuel is popular in 1889

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Emanuel
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #211 (57 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,432
  • 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
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 21.1% of all boys named Emanuel (11,541) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s419#211 (1880)#261
1890s453#217 (1895)#264
1900s564#236 (1905)#265
1910s2,625#230 (1911)#264
1920s3,210#288 (1920)#320
1930s2,017#359 (1930)#394
1940s1,931#427 (1940)#451
1950s2,386#430 (1951)#473
1960s2,153#509 (1968)#530
1970s2,391#486 (1978)#523
1980s4,869#335 (1984)#381
1990s6,693#329 (1999)#364
2000s11,541#256 (2007)#282
2010s9,778#261 (2011)#348
2020s3,726#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 1889

boys
#260
41 births · 1 in 2,697 boys

Top boys' names in 1889

  1. #1John8,548
  2. #2William7,772
  3. #3James5,020
  4. #4George4,430
  5. #5Charles4,199
  6. #6Frank2,975
  7. #7Joseph2,729
  8. #8Harry2,559
  9. #9Robert2,513
  10. #10Edward2,299
  11. #260Emanuel41
More about 1889

boys

110,580 boys got a published name in 1889; 1 in 2,697 of them was named Emanuel, which outranked 76.6% of the 1,111 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 38.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emanuel
  1. #251Mathew42
  2. #251Millard42
  3. #251Wade42
  4. #260Emanuel41
  5. #260Clem41
  6. #260Mary41
  7. #263Columbus40
  8. #263Louie40
  9. #263Solomon40

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1888
Risers
  1. ↑ 506Connie#1,031 → #525
  2. ↑ 483Hamilton#917 → #434
  3. ↑ 482Ballard#1,031 → #549
  4. ↑ 453Bertie#917 → #464
  5. ↑ 450Essie#1,031 → #581
Fallers
  1. ↓ 510Wendell#464 → #974
  2. ↓ 469Melton#505 → #974
  3. ↓ 462Enos#416 → #878
  4. ↓ 394Ruby#580 → #974
  5. ↓ 394Webb#580 → #974

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1889 →