Emanuela first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1918. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2015, 22 babies received the name (ranked #5885). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #7324), with roughly 16 babies named Emanuela each year. Emanuela's usage has held roughly steady recently. In total, around 612 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.