Emmett

#5,410 for girls in 2025, 23 births · #121 for boys in 2025, 2,950 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
2021 · 3,663 births
Debut · boys
74 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
78,564
since 1880

Emmett over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Emmett has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201919boysat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,41023#1212,950
2024#6,64217#1193,010
2023#4,99926#1173,076
2022#5,46523#1163,324
2021#6,41418#1033,663
2020#5,85020#1073,406
2019#5,61222#1073,555
2018#6,79217#1143,435
2017#8,29913#1243,169
2016#7,23016#1363,046
2015#8,44713#1393,043
2014#8,96612#1562,639
2013#14,5826#1732,360
2012#10,42910#1862,027
2011#16,7645#2201,609
2010#2711,278
2009#334955
2008#548479
2007#573448
2006#570439
2005#594380
2004#622341
2003#678287
2002#701255
2001#701255
2000#740231
1999#809188
1998#847172
1997#752198
1996#860161
1995#813173
1994#828165
1993#821166
1992#802169
1991#920131
1990#963117
1989#878131
1988#910110
1987#934102
1986#901102
1985#99584
1984#874101
1983#795121
1982#840111
1981#875103
1980#856107
1979#816114
1978#803112
1977#770122
1976#729132
1975#750123
1974#726127
1973#699132
1972#660148
1971#673151
1970#618173
1969#570189
1968#548189
1967#542190
1966#564182
1965#549194
1964#553203
1963#561198
1962#514236
1961#515239
1960#544212
1959#470288
1958#6,1035#482262
1957#444300
1956#425316
1955#423298
1954#426283
1953#416287
1952#384320
1951#377324
1950#381310
1949#5,2445#398285
1948#352363
1947#4,7646#335419
1946#341359
1945#346303
1944#318359
1943#334332
1942#324347
1941#325327
1940#303338
1939#297349
1938#303322
1937#301320
1936#301314
1935#286358
1934#291341
1933#278360
1932#288356
1931#276400
1930#267439
1929#270425
1928#4,7255#266456
1927#3,8757#260486
1926#4,3066#241539
1925#3,6648#228579
1924#232584
1923#3,9717#236564
1922#231578
1921#4,0237#218608
1920#209614
1919#4,2516#200629
1918#211591
1917#4,5945#207542
1916#216500
1915#187592
1914#204406
1913#197340
1912#199290
1911#208141
1910#177159
1909#166147
1908#176126
1907#152148
1906#19294
1905#157128
1904#157120
1903#17097
1902#17498
1901#146110
1900#175119
1899#15697
1898#137131
1897#137118
1896#145113
1895#121138
1894#127126
1893#145103
1892#136117
1891#14789
1890#136104
1889#132108
1888#152100
1887#14090
1886#14994
1885#134101
1884#16783
1883#14887
1882#14099
1881#17865
1880#17574
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Emmett was already there! It came in at #175, and was given to 74 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 75 boys a year got the name.

See more about Emmett
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#119#121)
  • 14 spots since 2020 (#107#121)
  • 18 spots since 2015 (#139#121)
  • Biggest jump: 214 spots in 2009 (#548#334)
  • Biggest drop: 121 spots in 1985 (#874#995)
Rise & fade · boys
141 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2021 at #103 (3,663 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 478
  • Highest: 1 in 478 boys born in 2021 were named Emmett (0.21%)
  • Latest: 1 in 579 boys born in 2025 (0.17%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 33.3% of all boys named Emmett (26,161) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #121 (1895) → #995 (1985) → #103 (2021)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s901#132 (1889)#152
1890s1,136#121 (1895)#139
1900s1,187#146 (1901)#167
1910s4,190#177 (1910)#201
1920s5,433#209 (1920)#239
1930s3,559#267 (1930)#289
1940s3,432#303 (1940)#338
1950s2,988#377 (1951)#423
1960s2,032#514 (1962)#546
1970s1,334#618 (1970)#724
1980s1,072#795 (1983)#886
1990s1,640#752 (1997)#842
2000s4,070#334 (2009)#606
2010s26,161#107 (2019)#163
2020s19,429#103 (2021)#114

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.

Emmett in 1919

girls
#4,251
6 births · 1 in 188,353 girls
boys
#200
629 births · 1 in 1,558 boys

Top girls' names in 1919

  1. #1Mary65,836
  2. #2Helen33,706
  3. #3Dorothy31,733
  4. #4Margaret26,238
  5. #5Ruth24,562
  6. #6Mildred17,300
  7. #7Virginia15,636
  8. #8Elizabeth15,287
  9. #9Frances15,106
  10. #10Anna14,498
  11. #4,251Emmett6

Top boys' names in 1919

  1. #1John53,522
  2. #2William43,969
  3. #3James42,392
  4. #4Robert41,025
  5. #5Charles25,192
  6. #6George25,170
  7. #7Joseph24,266
  8. #8Edward18,536
  9. #9Frank15,701
  10. #10Thomas13,434
  11. #200Emmett629
More about 1919

girls

1,130,117 girls got a published name in 1919; 1 in 188,353 of them was named Emmett, which outranked 23.5% of the 5,559 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emmett
  1. #3,817Zofia7
  2. #3,817Zoila7
  3. #3,817Zuma7
  4. #4,251Emmett6
  5. #4,251Adalee6
  6. #4,251Addis6
  7. #4,251Adelheid6
  8. #4,814Abie5
  9. #4,814Adamae5
  10. #4,814Adie5

Tied with 562 names at #4,251; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 851Gregoria#1,805#954
  2. 443Concha#1,333#890
  3. 390Arlena#1,299#909
  4. 353Marina#1,255#902
  5. 333Roselle#1,333#1,000
Fallers
  1. 1,019Liberty#585#1,604
  2. 840Victory#809#1,649
  3. 567Karen#960#1,527
  4. 404Zena#989#1,393
  5. 359Malvina#989#1,348

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

boys

980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 1,558 of them was named Emmett, which outranked 95.8% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emmett
  1. #197Jay637
  2. #198Ellis634
  3. #199Alton630
  4. #200Emmett629
  5. #201Pete628
  6. #202Dennis626
  7. #203August618
Biggest movers since 1918
Risers
  1. 446Quinten#1,313#867
  2. 432Dempsey#1,012#580
  3. 341Winton#1,231#890
  4. 334Donnie#1,211#877
  5. 332Edsel#1,062#730
Fallers
  1. 2,008Foch#869#2,877
  2. 582Carmel#949#1,531
  3. 403Eligah#918#1,321
  4. 398Nels#809#1,207
  5. 355Myer#966#1,321

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

See the top 100 for 1919