Emmitt

#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #769 for boys in 2025, 333 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1905 · 26 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
14,238
since 1880

Emmitt over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Emmitt has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201897peak #421, 1905boys
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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#13,2086#769333
2024—#680402
2023—#659415
2022—#598470
2021#15,2515#545536
2020—#510560
2019—#500571
2018—#536523
2017—#535529
2016—#523565
2015—#583477
2014—#606442
2013—#623394
2012—#660359
2011—#785284
2010—#870242
2009—#1,226146
2008—#1,467112
2007—#1,488107
2006—#1,60590
2005—#1,61984
2004—#2,23851
2003—#1,98758
2002—#2,29545
2001—#2,05051
2000—#2,25643
1999—#2,09845
1998—#1,76857
1997—#1,59963
1996—#1,33481
1995—#1,43069
1994—#1,38371
1993—#1,55458
1992—#2,41230
1991—#2,54427
1990—#2,95221
1989—#2,78422
1988—#2,30526
1987—#2,72519
1986—#1,69437
1985—#1,86631
1984—#1,88529
1983—#2,91215
1982—#2,34121
1981—#1,99627
1980—#1,76532
1979—#1,48740
1978—#1,57036
1977—#1,60734
1976—#1,57234
1975—#1,47836
1974—#1,43936
1973—#1,37637
1972—#1,16349
1971—#1,30941
1970—#1,17849
1969—#1,15246
1968—#1,10046
1967—#1,03050
1966—#1,01651
1965—#93462
1964—#1,05951
1963—#93664
1962—#97361
1961—#91569
1960—#98160
1959—#87177
1958—#89271
1957—#85377
1956—#82282
1955—#89868
1954—#78883
1953—#71799
1952—#74290
1951—#659113
1950—#681100
1949—#71792
1948—#71787
1947—#77878
1946—#74678
1945—#67180
1944—#66786
1943—#65595
1942—#66793
1941—#66285
1940—#69775
1939—#64285
1938—#68378
1937—#67578
1936—#75664
1935—#60592
1934—#72272
1933—#61987
1932—#70876
1931—#66780
1930—#71876
1929—#71276
1928—#594108
1927—#629100
1926—#66390
1925—#64996
1924—#626104
1923—#635102
1922—#574123
1921—#65298
1920—#623103
1919—#558115
1918—#71079
1917—#66880
1916—#68076
1915—#60590
1914—#69754
1913—#58656
1912—#60845
1911—#54830
1910—#51230
1909—#45331
1908—#54122
1907—#59118
1906—#47222
1905—#42126
1904—#46621
1903—#43022
1902—#61513
1901—#48716
1900—#47723
1899—#58312
1898—#54315
1897—#51515
1896—#55114
1895—#50116
1894—#50216
1893—#53813
1892—#49716
1891—#6359
1890—#53313
1889—#49814
1888—#52814
1887—#54411
1886—#45116
1885—#57711
1884—#61310
1883—#7207
1882—#57611
1881—#56310
1880—#7457
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Emmitt was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 11 boys a year got the name.

Where Emmitt is popular in 1897

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Emmitt
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 89 spots since 2024 (#680 → #769)
  • 259 spots since 2020 (#510 → #769)
  • 186 spots since 2015 (#583 → #769)
  • Biggest jump: 356 spots in 2010 (#1,226 → #870)
  • Biggest drop: 151 spots in 1936 (#605 → #756)
Rise & fade · boys
25 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1905 at #421 (26 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 101 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 101 yrs · run 1880–1963
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,082
  • Highest: 1 in 3,082 boys born in 2020 were named Emmitt (0.03%)
  • Latest: 1 in 5,129 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
  • Its best rank, #421 in 1905, was only 1 in 5,089 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 30.8% of all boys named Emmitt (4,386) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s111#451 (1886)#582
1890s139#497 (1892)#540
1900s214#421 (1905)#495
1910s655#512 (1910)#617
1920s1,000#574 (1922)#636
1930s788#605 (1935)#680
1940s849#655 (1943)#698
1950s860#659 (1951)#792
1960s560#915 (1961)#1,010
1970s392#1,163 (1972)#1,418
1980s259#1,694 (1986)#2,227
1990s522#1,334 (1996)#1,907
2000s787#1,226 (2009)#1,823
2010s4,386#500 (2019)#622
2020s2,716#510 (2020)#627

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.

Emmitt in 1897

boys
#515
15 births · 1 in 7,517 boys

Top boys' names in 1897

  1. #1John7,550
  2. #2William7,198
  3. #3James5,113
  4. #4George4,078
  5. #5Charles3,341
  6. #6Joseph2,827
  7. #7Frank2,726
  8. #8Robert2,701
  9. #9Edward2,121
  10. #10Henry1,994
  11. #515Emmitt15
More about 1897

boys

112,757 boys got a published name in 1897; 1 in 7,517 of them was named Emmitt, which outranked 58.1% of the 1,229 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 35.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Emmitt
  1. #495Rene16
  2. #495Theron16
  3. #495Weldon16
  4. #515Emmitt15
  5. #515Adolphus15
  6. #515Angus15
  7. #515Booker15
  8. #556Alfonso14
  9. #556Brooks14
  10. #556Corbett14

Tied with 40 names at #515; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1896
Risers
  1. ↑ 509Roswell#982 → #473
  2. ↑ 487Theron#982 → #495
  3. ↑ 486Alois#1,101 → #615
  4. ↑ 486Rush#1,101 → #615
  5. ↑ 467Helmer#982 → #515
Fallers
  1. ↓ 480Benton#462 → #942
  2. ↓ 465Louise#592 → #1,057
  3. ↓ 465Bradford#592 → #1,057
  4. ↓ 461Allison#481 → #942
  5. ↓ 424Hilliard#518 → #942

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

See the top 100 for 1897 →