Emmet

#1,554 for boys in 2025, 110 births

Peak · boys
1880 · 34 births
Debut · boys
34 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
6,966
since 1880

Emmet over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Emmet has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #283, 1880boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#1,554110
2024#1,589108
2023#1,369136
2022#1,479122
2021#1,529115
2020#1,288141
2019#1,072190
2018#1,045194
2017#947220
2016#894243
2015#859262
2014#959220
2013#1,075174
2012#1,155158
2011#1,198147
2010#1,299132
2009#1,573103
2008#1,80282
2007#1,84878
2006#1,73880
2005#1,52593
2004#1,72074
2003#1,80066
2002#2,15549
2001#2,18547
2000#2,17546
1999#2,26340
1998#2,39436
1997#2,12641
1996#1,95845
1995#2,21036
1994#1,92743
1993#2,69726
1992#3,22020
1991#2,91522
1990#3,30918
1989#3,61815
1988#3,07917
1987#4,23910
1986#5,3327
1985#3,59912
1984#3,92510
1983#2,91215
1982#2,97215
1981#3,41212
1980#2,53619
1979#2,46519
1978
1977#3,38611
1976#3,26411
1975#2,13421
1974#2,94612
1973#2,03620
1972#2,32316
1971#2,27917
1970#2,21317
1969#1,86120
1968#2,73510
1967#1,60923
1966#2,32712
1965#1,66922
1964#2,20514
1963#1,69522
1962#2,03516
1961#2,40912
1960#2,04216
1959#1,80620
1958#1,72421
1957#1,79120
1956#1,44329
1955#1,79119
1954#2,20713
1953#1,50825
1952#1,54724
1951#1,37329
1950#1,57222
1949#1,25233
1948#1,65620
1947#1,15939
1946#1,75917
1945#1,13933
1944#1,10736
1943#1,69918
1942#1,07440
1941#1,18731
1940#1,22730
1939#1,29726
1938#1,22129
1937#1,44422
1936#1,18231
1935#1,16532
1934#1,02440
1933#94644
1932#99244
1931#1,11137
1930#86558
1929#1,02644
1928#76771
1927#86661
1926#77670
1925#81466
1924#87262
1923#72980
1922#73081
1921#67791
1920#63099
1919#75373
1918#69282
1917#76567
1916#71570
1915#62186
1914#72452
1913#56459
1912#70037
1911#47138
1910#67719
1909#50526
1908#74413
1907#59118
1906#52319
1905#54918
1904#49219
1903#37027
1902#61513
1901#55913
1900#43027
1899#54813
1898#61113
1897#58413
1896#42421
1895#32931
1894#43919
1893#41919
1892#44519
1891#47614
1890#35824
1889#36024
1888#33030
1887#6319
1886#34824
1885#39920
1884#35225
1883#33125
1882#37722
1881#33224
1880#28334
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Emmet was already there! It came in at #283, and was given to 34 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1978, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Emmet
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 35 spots since 2024 (#1,589#1,554)
  • 266 spots since 2020 (#1,288#1,554)
  • 695 spots since 2015 (#859#1,554)
  • Biggest jump: 301 spots in 1888 (#631#330)
  • Biggest drop: 283 spots in 1887 (#348#631)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1880 at #283 (34 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 56 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1880–1928
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,250
  • Highest: 1 in 3,250 boys born in 1880 were named Emmet (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 15,528 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 27.8% of all boys named Emmet (1,940) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s237#283 (1880)#374
1890s186#329 (1895)#463
1900s193#370 (1903)#538
1910s583#471 (1911)#668
1920s725#630 (1920)#789
1930s363#865 (1930)#1,125
1940s297#1,074 (1942)#1,326
1950s222#1,373 (1951)#1,676
1960s167#1,609 (1967)#2,059
1970s144#2,036 (1973)#2,561
1980s132#2,536 (1980)#3,562
1990s327#1,927 (1994)#2,502
2000s718#1,525 (2005)#1,852
2010s1,940#859 (2015)#1,050
2020s732#1,288 (2020)#1,468

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Emmet in 1920

boys
#630
99 births · 1 in 10,751 boys

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #630Emmet99
More about 1920

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 10,751 of them was named Emmet, which outranked 87.4% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emmet
  1. #627Aldo101
  2. #627Elzie101
  3. #629Clem100
  4. #630Emmet99
  5. #630Alvie99
  6. #630Andres99
  7. #630Carson99
  8. #635Alvis98
  9. #635Carter98
  10. #635Dana98

Tied with 4 names at #630; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. 960Harding#1,351#391
  2. 607Cameron#1,351#744
  3. 566Hardin#1,531#965
  4. 392Laurel#1,321#929
  5. 368Terrence#1,297#929
Fallers
  1. 789Pershing#593#1,382
  2. 580Woodroe#877#1,457
  3. 385Quinten#867#1,252
  4. 383Orvel#890#1,273
  5. 373Rexford#927#1,300

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1920