Emanuel

Meaning: God is with us
Origin: Variant of Emmanuel (from Hebrew)

Boy's name · #574 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Emanuel reached its best rank, #211, in 1880 and ranked #574 in 2025. Roughly 55,000 boys have been named Emanuel since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 33 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Emanuel ranks in other countries and regions.

#40 in Croatia (2025) · #126 in Austria (2025) · #141 in Mexico (2024) · #175 in Ecuador (2025) · #183 in Sweden (2025) · #187 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #192 in Poland (2025) · #230 in Slovenia (2025) · #313 in Norway (2025) · #353 in Switzerland (2025) · #396 in Belgium (2025) · #603 in Ireland (2025) and 5 more.

Famous Emanuels

Emanuel Lasker — Former World Chess champion (1868–1941)
Emanuel Geibel — German poet and playwright (1815–1884)
Emanuel Pogatetz — Austrian association football player (born 1983)
Emanuel Schikaneder — German actor and singer
Emanuel Leutze — American artist (1816–1868)

In stories & tradition

Emanuel (Immanuel) — Book of Isaiah (Bible)
Emanuel Hjort — Fictional character created by Anders Jacobsson and Sören Olsson
Emanuel Striese — Theft of the Sabines (book)

What Emanuels become

Among 1,659 notable people named Emanuel:

Business leaders appear 2.25× more often than among typical names — e.g. Emanuel L. Philipp, American railroad executive and politician from Wisconsin (1861–1925).

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Emmanuel (#179), Emanuel would rank around #141 with about 2,500 births last year — the newborns split about 80/20 between Emmanuel and Emanuel.

Similar names: Emmanuel · Moses · Emerson · Simon · Manuel · Solomon

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