Emmit
#3,314 for boys in 2025, 35 births
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 4,260since 1882
Emmit over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Emmit has never cracked the top 400 here.
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
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,314 | 35 |
| 2024 | #3,394 | 34 |
| 2023 | #2,848 | 44 |
| 2022 | #2,379 | 59 |
| 2021 | #2,000 | 74 |
| 2020 | #1,778 | 85 |
| 2019 | #1,849 | 81 |
| 2018 | #1,663 | 96 |
| 2017 | #1,567 | 104 |
| 2016 | #1,433 | 121 |
| 2015 | #1,406 | 122 |
| 2014 | #1,402 | 120 |
| 2013 | #1,326 | 129 |
| 2012 | #1,280 | 137 |
| 2011 | #1,587 | 97 |
| 2010 | #1,924 | 73 |
| 2009 | #2,894 | 41 |
| 2008 | #2,788 | 43 |
| 2007 | #3,444 | 31 |
| 2006 | #3,024 | 36 |
| 2005 | #3,241 | 31 |
| 2004 | #3,014 | 33 |
| 2003 | #3,732 | 23 |
| 2002 | #3,349 | 26 |
| 2001 | #4,121 | 19 |
| 2000 | #5,920 | 11 |
| 1999 | #3,591 | 21 |
| 1998 | #4,650 | 14 |
| 1997 | #3,877 | 17 |
| 1996 | #4,396 | 14 |
| 1995 | #3,854 | 16 |
| 1994 | #3,326 | 20 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #5,236 | 10 |
| 1991 | — | |
| 1990 | #4,407 | 12 |
| 1989 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #4,450 | 10 |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #3,966 | 10 |
| 1981 | #3,601 | 11 |
| 1980 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #3,018 | 14 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #3,013 | 11 |
| 1972 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #3,370 | 9 |
| 1970 | #2,293 | 16 |
| 1969 | #1,861 | 20 |
| 1968 | #2,030 | 16 |
| 1967 | #2,611 | 10 |
| 1966 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #2,617 | 10 |
| 1964 | #2,114 | 15 |
| 1963 | #3,318 | 7 |
| 1962 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1961 | #2,242 | 14 |
| 1960 | #1,858 | 19 |
| 1959 | #1,865 | 19 |
| 1958 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1957 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1956 | #1,511 | 27 |
| 1955 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1954 | #1,956 | 16 |
| 1953 | #2,038 | 15 |
| 1952 | #1,582 | 23 |
| 1951 | #1,519 | 24 |
| 1950 | #1,746 | 18 |
| 1949 | #1,322 | 30 |
| 1948 | #1,400 | 27 |
| 1947 | #1,148 | 40 |
| 1946 | #1,278 | 30 |
| 1945 | #1,270 | 27 |
| 1944 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #1,399 | 25 |
| 1942 | #1,421 | 24 |
| 1941 | #1,411 | 23 |
| 1940 | #1,107 | 35 |
| 1939 | #942 | 44 |
| 1938 | #977 | 42 |
| 1937 | #1,180 | 31 |
| 1936 | #853 | 51 |
| 1935 | #1,194 | 31 |
| 1934 | #1,133 | 34 |
| 1933 | #980 | 42 |
| 1932 | #952 | 47 |
| 1931 | #794 | 62 |
| 1930 | #976 | 48 |
| 1929 | #900 | 55 |
| 1928 | #891 | 56 |
| 1927 | #951 | 53 |
| 1926 | #992 | 48 |
| 1925 | #746 | 77 |
| 1924 | #1,045 | 46 |
| 1923 | #841 | 65 |
| 1922 | #794 | 71 |
| 1921 | #849 | 66 |
| 1920 | #960 | 52 |
| 1919 | #753 | 73 |
| 1918 | #855 | 59 |
| 1917 | #876 | 53 |
| 1916 | #892 | 49 |
| 1915 | #832 | 54 |
| 1914 | #1,188 | 24 |
| 1913 | #995 | 25 |
| 1912 | #918 | 24 |
| 1911 | #824 | 16 |
| 1910 | #1,118 | 9 |
| 1909 | #679 | 16 |
| 1908 | #1,021 | 8 |
| 1907 | #699 | 14 |
| 1906 | #674 | 13 |
| 1905 | #741 | 11 |
| 1904 | #874 | 8 |
| 1903 | #910 | 7 |
| 1902 | #933 | 7 |
| 1901 | #727 | 9 |
| 1900 | #743 | 12 |
| 1899 | #548 | 13 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #826 | 8 |
| 1895 | #738 | 9 |
| 1894 | #787 | 8 |
| 1893 | #538 | 13 |
| 1892 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #789 | 7 |
| 1888 | #755 | 8 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #470 | 15 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #764 | 7 |
| 1883 | #892 | 5 |
| 1882 | #943 | 5 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1882
The first year at least five boys were named Emmit! It came in at #943, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Falling
- 80 spots since 2024 (#3,394 → #3,314)
- 1,536 spots since 2020 (#1,778 → #3,314)
- 1,908 spots since 2015 (#1,406 → #3,314)
- Biggest jump: 356 spots in 1915 (#1,188 → #832)
- Biggest drop: 439 spots in 1910 (#679 → #1,118)
Rise & fade · boys
4 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1886 at #470 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 46 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 46 yrs · run 1899–1907
Share of babies · boys
1 in 7,386
- Highest: 1 in 7,386 boys born in 1886 were named Emmit (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 48,802 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 25.4% of all boys named Emmit (1,080) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 47 | #470 (1886) | #769 |
| 1890s | 69 | #538 (1893) | #775 |
| 1900s | 105 | #674 (1906) | #800 |
| 1910s | 386 | #753 (1919) | #925 |
| 1920s | 589 | #746 (1925) | #897 |
| 1930s | 432 | #794 (1931) | #998 |
| 1940s | 276 | #1,107 (1940) | #1,357 |
| 1950s | 214 | #1,511 (1956) | #1,708 |
| 1960s | 138 | #1,858 (1960) | #2,305 |
| 1970s | 96 | #2,293 (1970) | #3,344 |
| 1980s | 73 | #3,601 (1981) | #5,029 |
| 1990s | 130 | #3,326 (1994) | #4,553 |
| 2000s | 294 | #2,788 (2008) | #3,553 |
| 2010s | 1,080 | #1,280 (2012) | #1,544 |
| 2020s | 331 | #1,778 (2020) | #2,619 |
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.
Emmit in 1899
boys
#548
13 births · 1 in 8,170 boys
Top boys' names in 1899
More about 1899
boys
106,211 boys got a published name in 1899; 1 in 8,170 of them was named Emmit, which outranked 54.3% of the 1,200 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).