Emmett
Emmett is ranked 119th among boys in 2024 (3,001 births). Its best rank was 103rd, in 2021.
- Rank in 2024
- #119down 1 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3,0010.17% of boys
- Peak year
- 20213,662 births
- Best rank
- #103in 2021
- Since 1880
- 75,596people given the name
The story in the numbers
75,596 boys have been named Emmett in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 3,662 births — 0.21% of all boys recorded that year.
It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2012, and the 2010s alone account for 35%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Emmett | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 901 | |
| 1890s | 1,136 | |
| 1900s | 1,187 | |
| 1910s | 4,190 | |
| 1920s | 5,433 | |
| 1930s | 3,559 | |
| 1940s | 3,431 | |
| 1950s | 2,988 | |
| 1960s | 2,032 | |
| 1970s | 1,335 | |
| 1980s | 1,072 | |
| 1990s | 1,640 | |
| 2000s | 4,070 | |
| 2010s | 26,159 | |
| 2020s | 16,463 |
In 2021, its biggest year
Emmett was the 103rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.
Names that rose and fell with Emmett
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Jasperpeak 2023
- Emmittpeak 2019
- Majorpeak 2017
- Royalpeak 2021
- Lucianpeak 2024
- Millerpeak 2024
- Jonespeak 2024
- Fordpeak 2021
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.