Emet

Peak · boys
2024 · 36 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
379
since 1922

Emet over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Emet has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020boysat peak
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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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2025#3,84828
2024#3,27236
2023#4,34324
2022#3,87928
2021#5,11018
2020#4,54021
2019#4,11425
2018#4,61021
2017#4,59421
2016#4,77620
2015#4,17924
2014#4,86619
2013#6,24113
2012#5,48216
2011#5,94514
2010#8,1399
2009#8,9858
2008#11,0376
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First appearance
1922

The first year at least five boys were named Emet! It came in at #4,307, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1922–2001, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Emet is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,471 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 35,095 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Emet, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#2,471 · 1 in 35,095

Best ever in a state: #2,162 in California, 2020.

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See more about Emet
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 576 spots since 2024 (#3,272 → #3,848)
  • 692 spots since 2020 (#4,540 → #3,848)
  • 331 spots since 2015 (#4,179 → #3,848)
Rise & fade · boys
102 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1922
  • Peaked 2024 at #3,272 (36 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 47,858
  • Highest: 1 in 47,858 boys born in 2024 were named Emet (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 61,003 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 48.0% of all boys named Emet (182) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1920s10#4,197 (1925)#4,252
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2000s32#8,456 (2002)#10,096
2010s182#4,114 (2019)#5,295
2020s155#3,272 (2024)#4,165

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.

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