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How popular is the name Emmanuel?
Births per year, rank history and how many Emmanuels are alive today.
Emmanuel (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 279th in 2025 with 161 babies given the name. This spelling of the name peaked in 2007, when 294 babies were given the name, the 172nd most popular that year. Its fortunes dipped to rank 362 in 2021 before climbing back to the 279th place it holds today. Numbers have been rising in recent years. At least 5,600 babies have been named Emmanuel in England and Wales since 1996. Emmanuel is one spelling of a name also recorded as Emanuel; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
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 Emmanuel each year?
Includes all spellings: Emmanuel, Emanuel. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Emmanuel spelling rank?
Where does the Emanuel 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 Emmanuel most popular?
Emmanuel peaked in 2007, when 311 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Emmanuel?
At least 7,300 people named Emmanuel in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Emmanuel?
Most living Emmanuels are between 9 and 23; the most common age is about 19.
Is Emmanuel becoming more or less popular?
Rising: numbers have been climbing in recent years.