Emmanuel

“Variant of Immanuel — God is with us” — Hebrew origin

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

Emmanuel reached its best rank, #144, in 2009 and ranked #179 in 2025. About 91,000 boys have carried it since 1898. Emmanuel's short forms are Manny and Mannie. 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.

Around the world: #91 in Puerto Rico (2025).

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

Famous Emmanuels

Emmanuel Macron — president of France and Co-Prince of Andorra since 2017
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
Emmanuel (Wizard of Oz) — The Wonderful Wizard of Oz
Emmanuel — spirit

What Emmanuels become

Among 2,794 notable people named Emmanuel:

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

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

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