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
#103
2021 · 3,663 births
Debut · boys
1880
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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202014boysat peak
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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
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 2014

girls
#8,966
12 births · 1 in 148,863 girls
boys
#156
2,639 births · 1 in 728 boys

Top girls' names in 2014

  1. #1Emma20,970
  2. #2Olivia19,840
  3. #3Sophia18,644
  4. #4Isabella17,136
  5. #5Ava15,727
  6. #6Mia13,534
  7. #7Emily12,670
  8. #8Abigail12,114
  9. #9Madison10,333
  10. #10Charlotte10,123
  11. #8,966Emmett12

Top boys' names in 2014

  1. #1Noah19,344
  2. #2Liam18,488
  3. #3Mason17,225
  4. #4Jacob16,923
  5. #5William16,851
  6. #6Ethan15,749
  7. #7Michael15,505
  8. #8Alexander15,449
  9. #9James14,464
  10. #10Daniel13,961
  11. #156Emmett2,639
More about 2014

girls

1,786,355 girls got a published name in 2014; 1 in 148,863 of them was named Emmett, which outranked 53.4% of the 19,232 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emmett
  1. #8,485Zykeria13
  2. #8,485Zylee13
  3. #8,485Zyniah13
  4. #8,966Emmett12
  5. #8,966Aaila12
  6. #8,966Aaima12
  7. #8,966Aalaysia12
  8. #9,517Aaleeyah11
  9. #9,517Aamani11
  10. #9,517Aashika11

Tied with 550 names at #8,966; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,632Aranza#4,243 → #611
  2. ↑ 576Montserrat#1,148 → #572
  3. ↑ 573Monserrat#1,165 → #592
  4. ↑ 463Maisie#1,116 → #653
  5. ↑ 419Ariadne#1,220 → #801
Fallers
  1. ↓ 401Miley#386 → #787
  2. ↓ 345Karly#988 → #1,333
  3. ↓ 318Britney#838 → #1,156
  4. ↓ 239Kaya#761 → #1,000
  5. ↓ 235Rihanna#938 → #1,173

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

boys

1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 728 of them was named Emmett, which outranked 98.9% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emmett
  1. #153Ryker2,678
  2. #154Joel2,672
  3. #155Grant2,646
  4. #156Emmett2,639
  5. #157Marcus2,620
  6. #158Alejandro2,602
  7. #158Kingston2,602
Biggest movers since 2013
Risers
  1. ↑ 645Bode#1,427 → #782
  2. ↑ 624Axl#1,459 → #835
  3. ↑ 427Gannon#841 → #414
  4. ↑ 326Bodie#1,305 → #979
  5. ↑ 316Royal#886 → #570
Fallers
  1. ↓ 291Bently#897 → #1,188
  2. ↓ 261Damion#849 → #1,110
  3. ↓ 249Amare#598 → #847
  4. ↓ 241Isiah#816 → #1,057
  5. ↓ 241Jesiah#999 → #1,240

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

See the top 100 for 2014 →