Emmanuela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- e-man-yoo-EL-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Emmanuela is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is with us”. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Emmanuela mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Emmanuella; feminine form of Emmanuel
“God is with us”
Feminine form of Emmanuel, from Hebrew Immanuel.
Meaning borrowed from Emmanuella.
Is Emmanuela a girl's or a boy's name?
Emmanuela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emmanuela in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2007, with 19 girls.
Half of all the girls named Emmanuela in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Emmanuela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,976 |
| 2013 | 11 | #2,454 |
| 2012 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2011 | 14 | #2,032 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 18 | #1,620 |
| 2007 | 19 | #1,477 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 17 | #1,451 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,949 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 9 | #2,040 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Emmanuela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,545th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Emmanuela, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 2015, with 31 girls. It first appears in the records in 1980.
Half of all the girls named Emmanuela in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 92 girls in the US were given Emmanuela or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,800, up from #6,545 for this spelling alone.
- Emmanuella 54
- Emmanuela 17
- Emanuela 12
- Emanuella 9
Emmanuela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 9 | #10,307 |
| 2022 | 15 | #7,276 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 28 | #4,809 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 31 | #4,487 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 25 | #5,396 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 27 | #5,225 |
| 2008 | 28 | #5,140 |
| 2007 | 30 | #4,806 |
| 2006 | 25 | #5,382 |
| 2005 | 20 | #5,994 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,216 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,576 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 19 | #4,992 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 8 | #9,241 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
Nicknames for Emmanuela
- Ella 1,148 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Emmanuela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliana, Isabella, Ava, Mia, Gabriella, Ariella, Eliza, Safa, Sienna, Ayla, Zara, Olivia
Other spellings of Emmanuela
Names related to Emmanuela
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie, Levi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Emmanuela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emmanuela, updated 20 October 2026.