Emanuel

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Emanuel: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Emanuel: Recorded since 1978, it reached #234 in 2021, and it stood at #313 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
89times a registrar ranked it
48years from first to last
#234highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1337
1997	#2022
1998	#1055
1999	#1130
2000	#1002
2001	#1135
2002	#805
2003	#1188
2004	#1110
2005	#919
2006	#960
2007	#1306
2008	#836
2009	#904
2010	#996
2011	#1045
2012	#885
2013	#1147
2014	#805
2015	#646
2016	#641
2017	#701
2018	#711
2019	#707
2020	#579
2021	#841
2022	#670
2023	#665
2024	#737

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Norway in 39 of the 48 years from 1978 to 2025.

In 2025: #313 among boys in Norway, #577 among boys in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1978–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1978
First recorded at #479 among boys in Norway in 1978 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1978–2025
Highest recorded position: #234 among boys in Norway, in 2021 (recorded 1978–2025).
Norway · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #313 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Emanuel appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 39 years beginning in 1978, and has registered 411 births with the name.

Emanuel across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Emanuel's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Norway · Boys	#479 (1978)	#234 (2021)	#313 (2025)	39 of 48	411 (1978–2025)	22 (2015)
England and Wales · Boys	#1337 (1996)	#579 (2020)	#737 (2024)	29 of 29	899 (1996–2024)	62 (2020)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#330 (1999)	#330 (1999)	#577 (2025)	21 of 27	109 (1999–2025)	9 (2019)

Emanuel by decade in Norway · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Emanuel in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	7	1 of 10	7
1980s	26	4 of 10	7
1990s	57	8 of 10	7
2000s	113	10 of 10	11
2010sbusiest	140	10 of 10	14
2020s	68	6 of 10	11

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 14 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Emanuel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1978 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #234 in Norway in 2021.

Emanuel's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#737	47	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#665	53	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#670	51	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#841	37	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#579	62	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#707	47	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#711	48	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#701	50	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#641	55	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#646	53	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#805	38	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1147	22	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#885	34	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1045	25	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#996	28	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#904	30	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#836	33	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1306	17	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#960	24	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#919	24	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1110	17	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1188	14	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#805	23	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1135	13	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1002	15	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1130	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#1055	13	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#2022	5	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1337	9	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#313	11	High	Verified
2024	Norway	male	#376	8	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#325	11	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#301	12	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#234	17	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#340	9	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#374	8	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#278	15	High	Verified
2017	Norway	male	#300	14	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#263	18	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#235	22	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#296	15	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#389	9	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#306	14	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#359	10	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#296	15	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#278	17	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#318	13	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#305	13	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#369	9	High	Verified
2005	Norway	male	#362	9	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#253	17	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#308	12	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#371	8	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#358	9	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#453	6	High	Verified
1999	Norway	male	#350	10	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#458	6	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#465	6	High	Verified
1996	Norway	male	#568	4	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#490	6	High	Verified
1994	Norway	male	#443	7	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#424	8	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#390	10	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#542	6	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#488	7	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#494	7	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#539	6	High	Verified
1978	Norway	male	#479	7	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#577	5	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#755	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#402	9	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#471	7	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#443	7	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#503	6	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#711	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#548	5	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#435	8	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#491	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#472	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	5	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#439	4	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#423	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#451	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1978 and 2025, ranked in 39 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #234, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 62 births, registered in England and Wales in 2020.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 6 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 21 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Emad · #1758, 28y
Eman · #716, 30y
Emanuela · #443, 26y
Emanuele · #601, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Corina · #234, 44y
Kathy · #236, 44y
Gerry · #237, 43y
Sidra · #230, 40y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Alasdair · #234, 30y
Barrie · #234, 20y
Corina · #234, 44y
Ayman · #233, 42y

Emanuel was ranked #234 in Norway · Boys in 2021. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Emanuel and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Emanuel without appearing here.

Emanuel moved ahead of

Derek Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1306 and #1053 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #836 and #1596.
Shannon Compare
In 1997 they stood at #2022 and #1761 in England and Wales · Boys; by 1998 that had become #1055 and #1642.
Brent Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1135 and #1078 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #805 and #1322.
Barry Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1306 and #1252 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #836 and #1343.

Moved ahead of Emanuel

Jonathan Compare
In 1984 they stood at #479 and #524 in Norway · Boys; by 1985 that had become #539 and #186.
Kasper Compare
In 2009 they stood at #904 and #944 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #996 and #668.
Theodor Compare
In 2020 they stood at #579 and #627 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2021 that had become #841 and #514.
Cooper Compare
In 2011 they stood at #435 and #623 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2012 that had become #548 and #233.

Moved the opposite way to Emanuel

Stig Compare
Between 1978 and 2021 in Norway · Boys, Emanuel went from #479 to #234 while Stig went from #41 to #493.
Stein Compare
Between 1978 and 2015 in Norway · Boys, Emanuel went from #479 to #235 while Stein went from #74 to #503.
Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Emanuel went from #1337 to #737 while Aaron went from #33 to #154.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Boys, Emanuel went from #1337 to #737 while Adam went from #16 to #35.

Moved the same way as Emanuel

Herman Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Emanuel went from #539 to #313 and Herman from #333 to #20.
Ludvig Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Emanuel went from #539 to #313 and Ludvig from #628 to #13.
Phillip Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Emanuel went from #539 to #313 and Phillip from #516 to #268.
Sander Compare
Between 1985 and 2025 in Norway · Boys, Emanuel went from #539 to #313 and Sander from #452 to #38.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1978 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #234 in Norway in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Emanuel

Emanuel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Emanuel across 3 official records

Emanuel by decade in Norway · Boys

Emanuel appears in

Popularity data

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Emanuel at a glance

Emanuel across 3 official records

Emanuel by decade in Norway · Boys

Emanuel appears in

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Emanuel

Emanuel and the names beside it

Emanuel moved ahead of

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