Emanuel
Emanuel is a masculine given name, the Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Czech, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Croatian, Scandinavian form of the English name Emmanuel. The name Emanuel is quite popular in Brazil and has become more common than its primary form, Manuel. In German-speaking countries, Emanuel is a well-established name in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein.
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Meaning & Origin of Emanuel
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Emanuel is a masculine given name, the Portuguese, Romanian, Spanish, Czech, Dutch, German, Hungarian, Croatian, Scandinavian form of the English name Emmanuel. The name Emanuel is quite popular in Brazil and has become more common than its primary form, Manuel. In German-speaking countries, Emanuel is a well-established name in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Romanian
- Portuguese
- Swedish
- Norwegian
- Danish
- German
- Czech
- Slovak
- Croatian
- Hungarian
The Story of Emanuel
American parents first put Emanuel on the record books as a baby boy name in 1880, with 57 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2007, when 1,386 Emanuels were born — ranking #256 that year. About 21% of every Emanuel on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Emanuel ranks #506 for baby boys with 601 births, gradually falling (-11%). All told, over 55K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1880s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Emanuel
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Names that sound like Emanuel
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About the name Emanuel
Emanuel is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1880 and has accumulated 55K births in the dataset. Emanuel's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #211. Use the chart and map above to compare Emanuel's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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