Emmet

Where Emmet comes from

From a Middle English diminutive of the female given name Emma.
— Wiktionary's entry for Emmet
Along the way
  1. 1879
    Emmet D. Boyle born
    American politician
  2. 1880
    First SSA year, and the peak
    #283 among boys with 34 babies — the first year on record, and still its best.
  3. 1886
    Emmet Fox born
    American New Thought writer
  4. 1887
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #631.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Emmet D. Boyle · American politician, 1879–1926
  • Emmet Fox · American New Thought writer, 1886–1951
  • Emmet O'Neal · American politician, 1853–1922
  • Emmet M. Walsh · Catholic bishop, 1892–1968
  • Emmet Lavery · American writer, 1902–1986

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.