boys:
5.8k births since 1917
#1553 (66th percentile)
overall:
5.8k births since 1917
#3564 (54th percentile)
The name Immanuel is the #3,564 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 5,803 recorded births since 1917. This represents the 53.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 53.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,553 (66.1% percentile) for all time with 5,803 births since 1917.
Immanuel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1917 (first recorded for boys in 1917). Birth data for Immanuel is available in 60 out of the 107 years between 1917 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For boys, Immanuel reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 25.7% percentile (ranked #673) with 117 births per million. The name was most common in 2015, with 117 births per million (ranked 25.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Immanuel ranks #739 for boys (18.9% percentile) with 97 births per million, which is 82.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Immanuel".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Immanuel", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 18 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Emmanuel" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Emmanuel..
Our model has identified 10 different pronunciations for the name Immanuel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 20.0% confident that Immanuel is pronounced as ih-MA-nyue-ehl, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ih-MA-nyue-EHL, at 20.0% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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The raw pronunciations shown (like IH0 M AE1 N Y UW0 EH0 L) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.
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