How Many People Are Named Immanuel?

6,020

people named Immanuel are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 56,774 people in the US has this name

Based on 6,146 babies named Immanuel in Social Security records from 1917 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#3,319

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#1,268

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Peak Year

2015

239 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: German, Hebrew, Biblical, Biblical Hebrew
Pronunciation: i-MA-nwel (German)
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Form of EMMANUEL used in most translations of the Old Testament. Immanuel Kant (1724-1804) was a German philosopher who held that duty was of highest importance.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

ImanolEmmanouelEmmanuhelEmmanuelManelEmanuelManuelEmmanouilEmanueleManueleBRAZILIANManoelMannyManuManouel

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.0%
Male
100.0%

All of the babies given the name Immanuel in the records were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Immanuel alive today is about 17 years old, and 87% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 24 in 2025.

Under 30 5,215
86.6%
30 to 59 805
13.4%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Immanuel first appears in the records in 1917 and was given most often in 2015, to 239 babies. In 2025, 168 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1917 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Immanuel has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #892, in 2001. In 2025 it ranked #1,207.

Boys
Rank in 2025#1,207
Best rank#892 (2001)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,006 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Immanuel alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Immanuel were born in California than in any other state: about 673 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Immanuel was given 2.4 times as often in Georgia, 2.3 times in Maryland and 1.8 times in Florida.

California 673
Texas 532
New York 439
Florida 407
Georgia 303
Illinois 199
North Carolina 182
Pennsylvania 173
Maryland 149
Virginia 133
Ohio 132
Michigan 123
New Jersey 103
Washington 48
Indiana 47
Tennessee 37
Arizona 36
Massachusetts 32
Minnesota 25
Colorado 24
South Carolina 17
Wisconsin 16
Alabama 16
Missouri 11
District of Columbia 7
New Mexico 6
Arkansas 5
Delaware 5
Kansas 5
Louisiana 5
Oregon 5
Oklahoma 5
Nevada 5

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