Immanuel
- Pronunciation
- [I-mma-nu-al]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- Variant Of Emanuel With Us Is God.
- Origin
- German
Immanuel Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 5,973 baby boys have been named Immanuel. The name peaked in 2015 with 239 US births that year (rank #906). In 2024, ranked #1208 nationally — 302 places below its 2015 peak.
Top States for Immanuel
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Immanuel births are: California (656), Texas (495), New York (428).
Other German-Origin Names Like Immanuel
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8-Letter Names Starting with I
Names with Immanuel's exact length and starting letter: Icnoyotl, Ignatius, Igraine,, Ihuicatl, Illanipi.
Quick Facts About Immanuel
US Popularity History (2001–2018)
Annual US births named Immanuel by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2015 with 239 boys named Immanuel (boy rank #906 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2018, ranked #976 for boys (213 US births). That's 70 places below its 2015 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Immanuel Most Popular?
Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Immanuel the strongest states are Virginia, Massachusetts, Maryland.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Virginia | #688 | 39 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | #760 | 16 |
| 3 | Maryland | #766 | 24 |
| 4 | Georgia | #780 | 81 |
| 5 | Florida | #832 | 150 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | #842 | 46 |
| 7 | New Jersey | #846 | 35 |
| 8 | Arizona | #863 | 18 |
| 9 | North Carolina | #891 | 33 |
| 10 | Texas | #924 | 123 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California | #992 | 99 |
| 2 | Indiana | #976 | 25 |
| 3 | Illinois | #953 | 26 |
| 4 | New York | #940 | 73 |
| 5 | Texas | #924 | 123 |
| 6 | North Carolina | #891 | 33 |
| 7 | Arizona | #863 | 18 |
| 8 | New Jersey | #846 | 35 |
| 9 | Pennsylvania | #842 | 46 |
| 10 | Florida | #832 | 150 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Immanuel in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
Famous People Named Immanuel
1 notable figure from history and culture who share the name Immanuel.
- Immanuel Kant was one of the most famous philosophers of his era.
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Compare Immanuel to Other Popular Names
Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Immanuel against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).