Emanuel
Meaning
variant of Emmanuel, meaning 'God is with us'
The story
Emanuel is the one-m spelling of Emmanuel, God is with us, the promise-name at its most compact, and the family around it is storied in force: Emmanuel, the double-m anchor, about 91,500; Manuel, the Iberian classic, about 191,900, both with their own pages here. Emanuel's record is a century of quiet persistence, about 450 to 3,200 a decade from the 1890s through the 1970s, followed by the modern build: 4,900, 6,700, cresting at 11,500 in the 2000s, then 9,800 in the 2010s and 3,700 so far this decade, nearly all boys, about 54,300 to 100. A promise in the root, a family of spellings around it, and a record that never once left the ledger in thirteen decades: the with-us name stayed, which is the whole point of it.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Emanuel peaked in the 2000s and the 2010s in nearly equal measure.
Popularity in Brazil
151,816 people · the #224 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 1,337 · median age 13
Among people named Emanuel living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 2010s than in any other decade.
The census also counted 24,984 born between 2020 and August 2022, too recent a span to chart.
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Emanuel
Most people given the name Emanuel in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Emanuel deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Emanuel truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Emanuel fits with your family’s names and surname.
Where Emanuel travels
Italian Brazilian · A shared Italian and Portuguese form used in Italian Brazilian families.
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