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Immanuel

Boy · i-MAN-yoo-el · Hebrew

Immanuel is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is with us”. In 2025 it ranked 1,220th for boys in the UK (25 babies) and 1,204th for boys in the US (168 babies).

What does Immanuel mean?

Hebrew

“God is with us”

From a prophecy in Isaiah, applied to Jesus in Matthew's Gospel; the philosopher Immanuel Kant is a famous bearer.

Say it
i-MAN-yoo-el

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Is Immanuel a girl's or a boy's name?

Immanuel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 25 boys in the UK and 168 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Immanuel in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,220among boys
Babies in 2025
25about 1 in 12,000 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 78% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 25 boys in the UK were named Immanuel, making it the 1,220th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 26 boys.

Half of all the boys named Immanuel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,153rd in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 26 in 20142025
Immanuel in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202525#1,220
202420#1,397
202326#1,190
202217#1,561
202119#1,422
202012#1,923
201916#1,608
201812#1,981
201720#1,374
201623#1,268
201518#1,476
201426#1,136
201316#1,560
201215#1,692
201113#1,788
201021#1,288
200915#1,582
200810#2,048
200723#1,139
200619#1,207
200511#1,701
20047#2,157
200317#1,124
200213#1,252
200111#1,369
200011#1,308
19997#1,749
19986#1,932
19975#2,109
19967#1,652

How popular is Immanuel in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,204among boys
Babies in 2025
168about 1 in 10,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 13% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 168 boys in the US were named Immanuel, making it the 1,204th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,130th. Its busiest year was 2015, with 239 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.

Half of all the boys named Immanuel in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.

1917Busiest: 239 in 20152025
Immanuel in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025168#1,204
2024168#1,205
2023180#1,156
2022160#1,228
2021160#1,207
2020173#1,130
2019204#1,018
2018214#970
2017200#1,010
2016214#963
2015239#906
2014203#1,008
2013200#991
2012208#968
2011169#1,097
2010177#1,086
2009197#998
2008228#909
2007204#967
2006185#997
2005191#919
2004170#980
2003133#1,133
2002161#975
2001177#890
2000135#1,059
1999131#1,047
1998124#1,061
1997107#1,148
199694#1,196
199574#1,364
199464#1,472
199371#1,353
199252#1,654
199149#1,671
199049#1,657
198940#1,853
198836#1,844
198743#1,610
198642#1,564
198549#1,388
198428#1,932
198325#2,084
198229#1,889
198135#1,660
198028#1,965
197931#1,788
197815#2,798
197716#2,664
19766#4,933
197516#2,538
19746#4,632
19737#4,052
197210#3,150
197112#2,811
19706#4,228
19698#3,313
19680–
19675#3,964
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19275#4,208
19260–
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19205#4,284
19190–
19185#4,178
19175#3,979

Names like Immanuel

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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