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How popular is the name Emanuel?
Births per year, rank history and how many Emanuels are alive today.
Emanuel (male) is an uncommon spelling of the boys' name Emmanuel in England and Wales, ranked 798th in 2025 with 41 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2020, when 62 babies were given the name, the 579th most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 841 in 2021 before climbing back to the 798th place it holds today. Numbers have been stable in recent years.
Across all spellings of the name, the Emmanuel you are most likely to meet is around 19 years old. Half of all Emmanuels born in England and Wales are between 9 and 23, and there are at least 7,300 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 2.4% chance that at least one of them will be called Emmanuel.
How many babies are named Emanuel each year?
Includes all spellings: Emanuel, Emmanuel. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Emanuel spelling rank?
Where does the Emmanuel spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Emanuel most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Emmanuel, peaked in 2007, when 311 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Emanuel spelling itself peaked in 2020, with 62 babies.
How many people are called Emanuel?
At least 7,300 people named Emanuel in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Emanuel?
Most living Emanuels are between 9 and 23; the most common age is about 19.
Is Emanuel becoming more or less popular?
Broadly steady in recent years.