girl's name

Emanuela

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 8
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,246

Ireland

#876

2022 births

Emanuela is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 2015, when 22 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 276,319 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1918.

Emanuela over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Emanuela by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 9
1920s 26
1930s 5
1960s 10
1970s 38
1980s 56
1990s 85
2000s 139
2010s 170
2020s (to 2025) 86

How popular is Emanuela?

In 2025, Emanuela was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Emanuela is used

Ireland #876 4 in 2022
France #3,261 10 in 2025
England & Wales #3,299 8 in 2025
Canada #3,951 5 in 2023
United States #8,757 12 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Emanuela

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Emanuela also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Emanuela over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Emanuela

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Emanuela — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Emanuela

How popular is the name Emanuela?

In 2025, Emanuela was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Emanuela is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Emanuela most popular?

Emanuela peaked in 2015, when 22 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Emanuela a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Emanuela currently ranks #3,261 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.