Emmanuel

maleStatistical record

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

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

Emmanuel: Recorded since 1964, it reached #95 in 2003, and it stood at #286 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
121times a registrar ranked it
62years from first to last
#95highest recorded position
23groupings 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	#251
1997	#269
1998	#224
1999	#253
2000	#225
2001	#245
2002	#207
2003	#193
2004	#203
2005	#188
2006	#166
2007	#172
2008	#180
2009	#192
2010	#203
2011	#206
2012	#230
2013	#227
2014	#240
2015	#239
2016	#260
2017	#272
2018	#316
2019	#320
2020	#327
2021	#362
2022	#319
2023	#266
2024	#242

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 48 of the 62 years from 1964 to 2025.

In 2025: #286 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #349 among boys in Norway.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1964–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1964
First recorded at #504 among boys in Norway in 1964 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Norway · Boys
Highest recorded1966–2025
Highest recorded position: #95 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2003 (recorded 1966–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #349 among boys in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Boys

Emmanuel appears in 4 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Norway · Boys, which has ranked it in 48 years beginning in 1964, and has registered 331 births with the name.

Emmanuel across 4 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.

Emmanuel'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	#504 (1964)	#327 (2018)	#349 (2025)	48 of 62	331 (1964–2025)	12 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#256 (1966)	#95 (2003)	#286 (2025)	39 of 60	578 (1966–2025)	57 (2003)
England and Wales · Boys	#251 (1996)	#166 (2006)	#242 (2024)	29 of 29	5,491 (1996–2024)	294 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#264 (2004)	#264 (2004)	#398 (2014)	4 of 11	13 (2004–2014)	4 (2004)

Emmanuel 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 Emmanuel in Norway · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	8	2 of 10	4
1970s	36	7 of 10	5
1980s	64	9 of 10	7
1990s	48	7 of 10	7
2000s	62	9 of 10	7
2010sbusiest	76	9 of 10	8
2020s	37	5 of 10	7

Across Norway · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 8 births a year.

See the names Norwayhas recorded the most births with →

Emmanuel 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 5 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #95 in Republic of Ireland in 2003.

Emmanuel'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	#242	204	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#266	173	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#319	139	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#362	125	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#327	141	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#320	148	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#316	151	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#272	191	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#260	203	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#239	234	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#240	230	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#227	230	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#230	225	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#206	255	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#203	251	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#192	255	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#180	274	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#172	294	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#166	286	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#188	226	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#203	181	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#193	195	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#207	163	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#245	116	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#225	133	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#253	116	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#224	136	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#269	103	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#251	113	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#398	3	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#378	3	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#307	3	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#264	4	High	Verified
2025	Norway	male	#349	9	High	Verified
2023	Norway	male	#387	8	High	Verified
2022	Norway	male	#363	8	High	Verified
2021	Norway	male	#463	4	High	Verified
2020	Norway	male	#366	8	High	Verified
2019	Norway	male	#495	4	High	Verified
2018	Norway	male	#327	11	High	Verified
2016	Norway	male	#383	9	High	Verified
2015	Norway	male	#428	7	High	Verified
2014	Norway	male	#382	9	High	Verified
2013	Norway	male	#374	10	High	Verified
2012	Norway	male	#501	5	High	Verified
2011	Norway	male	#383	9	High	Verified
2010	Norway	male	#331	12	High	Verified
2009	Norway	male	#453	7	High	Verified
2008	Norway	male	#380	10	High	Verified
2007	Norway	male	#442	7	High	Verified
2006	Norway	male	#457	6	High	Verified
2004	Norway	male	#490	5	High	Verified
2003	Norway	male	#368	9	High	Verified
2002	Norway	male	#469	5	High	Verified
2001	Norway	male	#446	6	High	Verified
2000	Norway	male	#416	7	High	Verified
1998	Norway	male	#425	7	High	Verified
1997	Norway	male	#407	8	High	Verified
1995	Norway	male	#448	7	High	Verified
1993	Norway	male	#503	6	High	Verified
1992	Norway	male	#590	4	High	Verified
1991	Norway	male	#445	8	High	Verified
1990	Norway	male	#451	8	High	Verified
1988	Norway	male	#420	10	High	Verified
1987	Norway	male	#399	10	High	Verified
1986	Norway	male	#455	8	High	Verified
1985	Norway	male	#577	5	High	Verified
1984	Norway	male	#538	6	High	Verified
1983	Norway	male	#438	9	High	Verified
1982	Norway	male	#530	6	High	Verified
1981	Norway	male	#587	5	High	Verified
1980	Norway	male	#571	5	High	Verified
1979	Norway	male	#489	7	High	Verified
1977	Norway	male	#464	7	High	Verified
1976	Norway	male	#592	4	High	Verified
1975	Norway	male	#558	5	High	Verified
1974	Norway	male	#557	5	High	Verified
1973	Norway	male	#588	4	High	Verified
1970	Norway	male	#568	4	High	Verified
1966	Norway	male	#526	4	High	Verified
1964	Norway	male	#504	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#286	15	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#327	12	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#770	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#509	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#496	6	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	6	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#401	9	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#336	12	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#389	9	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#245	21	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#325	13	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#404	9	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#300	15	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#308	14	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#197	31	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#177	32	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#173	37	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#226	19	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#161	29	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#167	26	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#118	46	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#95	57	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#107	43	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#135	31	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#214	10	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#201	11	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	5	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#337	4	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#322	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#326	3	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#316	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	4	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#272	5	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#268	5	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#238	6	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	5	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#256	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	High	Verified

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

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1964 and 2025, ranked in 56 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #95, first reached in 2003.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 294 births, registered in England and Wales in 2007.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1966, and 60 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.

Emma-Jayne · #348, 11y
Emma-Louise · #221, 23y
Emmanuela · #559, 23y
Emmanuella · #312, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Eilish · #94, 61y
Leona · #91, 61y
April · #100, 52y
Ted · #90, 55y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Benedikte · #95, 57y
Eilish · #94, 61y
Vicky · #96, 52y
Aishling · #93, 48y

Emmanuel was ranked #95 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2003. 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.

Emmanuel 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 Emmanuel without appearing here.

Emmanuel moved ahead of

Bruce Compare
In 2023 they stood at #770 and #472 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #327 and #655.
Barry Compare
In 2023 they stood at #770 and #584 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #327 and #582.
Wayne Compare
In 2023 they stood at #770 and #584 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2024 that had become #327 and #520.
Roger Compare
In 2002 they stood at #469 and #356 in Norway · Boys; by 2003 that had become #368 and #552.

Moved ahead of Emmanuel

Bailey Compare
In 2022 they stood at #509 and #572 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2023 that had become #770 and #516.
Lucas Compare
In 1991 they stood at #445 and #493 in Norway · Boys; by 1992 that had become #590 and #380.
Nicholas Compare
In 1980 they stood at #571 and #591 in Norway · Boys; by 1981 that had become #587 and #382.
Charlie Compare
In 2011 they stood at #383 and #402 in Norway · Boys; by 2012 that had become #501 and #304.

Moved the opposite way to Emmanuel

Harrison Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Emmanuel went from #201 to #286 while Harrison went from #330 to #118.
Levi Compare
Between 1999 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Emmanuel went from #201 to #286 while Levi went from #241 to #83.
Archie Compare
Between 2001 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Emmanuel went from #135 to #286 while Archie went from #409 to #46.
Ezra Compare
Between 2001 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Emmanuel went from #135 to #286 while Ezra went from #347 to #156.

Moved the same way as Emmanuel

Craig Compare
Between 1966 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Emmanuel went from #256 to #770 and Craig from #256 to #516.
Graham Compare
Between 1966 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Emmanuel went from #256 to #770 and Graham from #120 to #770.
Geoffrey Compare
Between 1966 and 2022 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Emmanuel went from #256 to #509 and Geoffrey from #159 to #779.
Roger Compare
Between 1966 and 2021 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Emmanuel went from #256 to #454 and Roger from #99 to #631.

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 5 regions, from 1964 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #95 in Republic of Ireland in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Emmanuel

Emmanuel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Emmanuel across 4 official records

Emmanuel by decade in Norway · Boys

Emmanuel appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Emmanuel

Emmanuel and the names beside it

Emmanuel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Emmanuel

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Emmanuel at a glance

Emmanuel across 4 official records

Emmanuel by decade in Norway · Boys

Emmanuel appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Emmanuel

Emmanuel and the names beside it

Emmanuel moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Emmanuel

Moved the opposite way to Emmanuel

Moved the same way as Emmanuel