Josemanuel
Masculine · “God will add”
Josemanuel is not a new name — it is two very old ones, José and Manuel, written without the space. American record-keeping does that: a form asks for a first name, a family gives a Spanish compound, and the clerk or the database closes the gap.
How old is the name Josemanuel?
Josemanuel first appears in US birth records in 1974 — 51 years ago. The typical Josemanuel alive today was born around 2005, making them about 20 years old. About 1,300 people named Josemanuel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Josemanuel most popular?
Josemanuel peaked in 2004, reaching #1989 nationally. Today it ranks #5208, 3,219 places below that high. See the whole 2004 chart.
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Where it comes from
From José Manuel to Josemanuel
The story of Josemanuel
Spanish compound given names are a genuine and old tradition: José María, Juan Carlos, María José, José Luis, José Manuel. They are two names said together, and in Spain and Latin America a José Manuel is addressed by both halves and never by one. American forms have no room for that. The Social Security data records what is written in the first-name field, so a family that has always said the whole thing writes the whole thing, and the space disappears — which is why Josemanuel, Joseluis, Juancarlos and Josedejesus all appear in the American record as single names. Josemanuel's rise through the 1990s and its peak in the mid-2000s track Mexican immigration and the growth of the second generation, not any change in Spanish naming.
Meaning
God will add; God is with us
Both halves are Hebrew and both are settled. José is Spanish for Joseph, from Yôsēp̄, generally read as he will add or may God add. Manuel is a short form of Emmanuel, from ʿImmānūʾēl, God is with us, the name given in Isaiah 7:14 and quoted in Matthew. The compound has no meaning beyond the two names it joins.
How the name formed
- José Manuel
- Josemanuel
Related forms: José Manuel · José Manuel · Josep Manuel
Pronouncing Josemanuel
ho-say-mahn-WELL
Five syllables, said exactly as the two names in sequence, with the main stress on the last. There is no separate pronunciation for the joined spelling.
Nicknames for Josemanuel
High
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1974
- Most boys named
- 200662 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1989reached in 2004
- Change vs 2024
- 0.0%18 in 2025, from 18
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Josemanuel in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- José Manuel in Spanish — same name
- José Manuel in Portuguese — same name
- Josep Manuel in Catalan — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas.
Josemanuels among us
people named Josemanuel are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 94,893 born in 2025 was named Josemanuel
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Carlus test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Josemanuel's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Carlus climbed just as high around 1970, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Carlus's path sketches the road Josemanuel is walking now.
Josemanuel sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Josemanuel beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Josemanuel in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Both halves are among the most established names in the Spanish-speaking world.
- It offers two complete names, either of which can be used alone.
- The meanings of both parts are settled and biblical.
- Written solid it looks like an error to anyone who knows the Spanish convention.
- Ten letters in one field will be truncated by databases and airline systems.
- Teachers and forms will split it, join it and misspell it in every combination.
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Frequently asked
- How many Josemanuels are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,300 people named Josemanuel are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Josemanuel in 2025?
- Josemanuel ranks #5208 among US boy names in 2025, with 18 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Josemanuel?
- About 1 in every 94,893 US boys born in 2025 was named Josemanuel — 18 in all.
- Will my child share the name Josemanuel with classmates?
- Josemanuel will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Josemanuel
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