Emmanuelle

#4,801 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Feminine form of Emmanuel

Emmanuelle has been given to 1,722 babies in the U.S. since 1975. In 2025 it ranked #4,801 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2012, with 62 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 83% girls, 17% boys all-time.

Babies named Emmanuelle, 2025

1 in 118,000

Emmanuelle over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Emmanuelle over time

In 2025, Emmanuelle went to 85% girls and 15% boys.

19752025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Emmanuelle: meaning, origin, and history

Feminine form of Emmanuel

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Emmanuelle means

Emmanuelle is a feminine form of Emmanuel.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Emmanuelle → Emmanuel → Immanuel. The family’s meaning is “God is with us”, recorded in English.

Origin, language, and formation

Emmanuelle is used in French.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Emmanuel.

Pronunciation and spelling

In French, Emmanuelle is pronounced /ɛ.ma.nɥɛl/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,432 girls were recorded with the name Emmanuelle between 1975 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 62 in 2012; its best national rank was #2,540 in 1998.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,107 in 2020 to #4,801 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,101 in 2015 to #4,801 in 2025.

In the United States, 290 boys were recorded with the name Emmanuelle between 1982 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 16 in 1999; its best national rank was #4,404 in 1999.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Emmanuelle?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 118,000; 28 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 57,400; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #4,801; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 82,069 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Emmanuelle sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 82,069 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Emmanuelle. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Emmanuelles were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Emmanuelle was born before 2010 — so the typical Emmanuelle is around 15 today.

Median birth year: 2010; About 15 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 35.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 71.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 1,432; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 35.8% of all recorded uses (513).

Is Emmanuelle rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: −662; Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago: −1,694; Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago: −1,700; Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago: 0.52×; Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak: 45.2%; Peak was 2012 (62)
Years since peak: 13; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 20.1% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,540; 1998

Spellings of Emmanuelle

Emmanuelle is not the most common spelling — Emmanuella is, with 40.1% against Emmanuelle's 39.9%.

Emmanuella40.1%1,438
Emmanuelle39.9%1,432
Emmanuela20.0%718

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Emmanuelle is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Emmanuelle was most concentrated in California — about 1 in 100,000 girls, against 1 in 147,444 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in 100,000
2New York1 in 100,000
3Florida1 in —
4Illinois1 in —
5New Jersey1 in —
6Ohio1 in —
7Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Emmanuelle has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Emmanuelle is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Emmanuelle was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,584,791 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Emmanuelle has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Emmanuelle around the world

Where Emmanuelle ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
1996–2025
#4,867
in 2025
France
1900–2025
#997
in 2025
Canada
1991–2024
#772
in 2024
South Australia
1975–2013
#818
in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Emmanuelle by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #4,801
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Down 1,694
Best rank ever: #2,540; 1998
Peak year: 2012; 62 that year
First recorded: 1975
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 1,432
Count in 2025: 28

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #12,579
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #4,404; 1999
Peak year: 1999; 16 that year
First recorded: 1982
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 290
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Emmanuelle

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Sibling names for Emmanuelle

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Adelle Kendyl Hayleigh Shaniya Leigha Annabell Anabel Jaylen

For a brother

Jerimiah Jorden Brennen Gavyn Tobin Jamarcus Nevin Tyshawn

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