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Emmanuel

Meaning: God is with us
Origin: Hebrew — Variant of Immanuel

Nicknames: Manny, Mannie

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) · #200 in Italy (2024) · #221 in Canada (2025) · #222 in New Zealand (2025) · #279 in England & Wales (2025) · #286 in Ireland (2025) · #308 in Poland (2025) · #333 in Belgium (2025) · #347 in France (2025) · #349 in Norway (2025) and 6 more.

Famous Emmanuels

Emmanuel Macron — President of France since 2017 (born 1977)
Emmanuel Swedenborg — Swedish scientist, philosopher, and theologian (1688–1772)
Emmanuel Adebayor — Togolese footballer (born 1984)
Emmanuel Joseph Sieyès — French Roman Catholic abbé and political writer (1748–1836)
Emmanuel Levinas — Lithuanian-French philosopher (1906–1995)
Emmanuel Petit — French footballer (born 1970)
Emmanuel Eboué — Ivorian footballer (born 1983)
Emmanuel Lubezki — Mexican cinematographer (born 1964)
Emmanuel Emenike — Nigerian footballer (born 1987)
Emmanuel Frimpong — Ghanaian footballer (born 1992)

In stories & tradition

Emmanuel Goldstein — Character in George Orwell's novel Nineteen Eighty-Four
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 (born 1929).

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: Manuel · Ivan · Emilio · Abel · Israel · Miguel

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