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Emmanuel

Boy's name · #179 in the US (2025) · 2010s wave

Popularity over time

Emmanuel reached its best rank, #144, in 2009 and ranked #179 in 2025. About 91,000 boys have carried it since 1898.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 44 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#28 in Mexico (2024) · #91 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #150 in Ecuador (2025) · #222 in New Zealand (2025) · #281 in England & Wales (2025) · #294 in Ireland (2025) · #308 in Poland (2025) · #334 in Belgium (2025) · #347 in France (2025) · #349 in Norway (2025) · #460 in Scotland (2025) · #595 in Switzerland (2025) and 4 more.

Famous Emmanuels

• Emmanuel Macron — French politician (born 1977)
• Emmanuel Swedenborg — Swedish 18th century scientist and theologian (1688–1772)
• Emmanuel Adebayor — Togolese soccer player
• Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès — French priest and statesman (1748–1836)
• Emmanuel Levinas — Jewish-French-Lithuanian philosopher (1906–1995)

In stories & tradition

• Emmanuel Goldstein — Nineteen Eighty-Four (book)
• Emmanuel — spirit

What Emmanuels become

Among 2,793 notable people named Emmanuel:

Lawyers & judges appear 1.59× more often than among typical names — e.g. Emmanuel Afe Babalola, Nigerian lawyer.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Emanuel (#574), Emmanuel would rank around #141 with about 2,500 births last year — the newborns split about 80/20 between Emmanuel and Emanuel.

Similar names: Emanuel · Abel · Emilio · Giovanni · Israel · Miguel

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