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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201978boysat peak
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
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 1978

boys
#803
112 births · 1 in 14,659 boys

Top boys' names in 1978

  1. #1Michael67,127
  2. #2Jason51,600
  3. #3Christopher47,236
  4. #4David40,684
  5. #5James39,894
  6. #6Matthew34,282
  7. #7John34,014
  8. #8Robert33,374
  9. #9Brian29,432
  10. #10Joseph26,663
  11. #803Emmett112
More about 1978

boys

1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 14,659 of them was named Emmett, which outranked 88.1% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emmett
  1. #798Elbert113
  2. #798Silas113
  3. #798Terrill113
  4. #803Emmett112
  5. #803Broderick112
  6. #803Efren112
  7. #803Giuseppe112
  8. #811Adrain111
  9. #811Deric111
  10. #813Bob110

Tied with 7 names at #803; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1977
Risers
  1. 3,237Dequan#4,164#927
  2. 626Nicholaus#1,367#741
  3. 617Nicklaus#1,515#898
  4. 578Zebulon#1,476#898
  5. 424Anwar#1,121#697
Fallers
  1. 674Kinte#834#1,508
  2. 668Kunta#572#1,240
  3. 417Telly#732#1,149
  4. 415Lesley#937#1,352
  5. 310Amin#904#1,214

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

See the top 100 for 1978