Emit
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #9,763
- Peak · boys
- 1888 · 7 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 390since 1881
Emit over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Emit has never cracked the top 800 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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #9,763 | 7 |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #7,173 | 11 |
| 2018 | #6,703 | 12 |
| 2017 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #8,146 | 9 |
| 2015 | #8,744 | 8 |
| 2014 | #6,307 | 13 |
| 2013 | #6,603 | 12 |
| 2012 | #8,158 | 9 |
| 2011 | #8,767 | 8 |
| 2010 | #10,766 | 6 |
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| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #3,948 | 5 |
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| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | #2,829 | 7 |
| 1938 | #3,534 | 5 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,147 | 6 |
| 1935 | — | |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #3,776 | 5 |
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| 1929 | #2,589 | 10 |
| 1928 | #3,357 | 7 |
| 1927 | #3,451 | 7 |
| 1926 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,123 | 15 |
| 1922 | #1,952 | 17 |
| 1921 | #3,517 | 7 |
| 1920 | #2,602 | 11 |
| 1919 | #2,265 | 13 |
| 1918 | #2,398 | 12 |
| 1917 | #2,280 | 12 |
| 1916 | #2,730 | 9 |
| 1915 | #2,184 | 12 |
| 1914 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | #2,045 | 7 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | #1,589 | 5 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
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| 1902 | #1,013 | 6 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,050 | 7 |
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| 1895 | #978 | 6 |
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| 1892 | #1,066 | 5 |
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| 1888 | #815 | 7 |
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| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #848 | 6 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five boys were named Emit! It came in at #866, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1881–1883, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Emit is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Emit in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Emit
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · boys
7 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1888 at #815 (7 births)
- Births halved by 1889, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 4 yrs · 1881–1895
Share of babies · boys
1 in 17,265
- Highest: 1 in 17,265 boys born in 1888 were named Emit (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 244,368 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 24.6% of all boys named Emit (96) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 18 | #815 (1888) | #843 |
| 1890s | 11 | #978 (1895) | #1,022 |
| 1900s | 19 | #1,013 (1902) | #1,093 |
| 1910s | 87 | #1,589 (1910) | #2,264 |
| 1920s | 89 | #1,952 (1922) | #2,904 |
| 1930s | 29 | #2,829 (1939) | #3,311 |
| 1940s | 5 | #3,505 (1941) | #3,505 |
| 1950s | 0 | — | — |
| 1960s | 11 | #3,559 (1967) | #3,754 |
| 1970s | 0 | — | — |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 0 | — | — |
| 2000s | 0 | — | — |
| 2010s | 96 | #6,307 (2014) | #8,021 |
| 2020s | 25 | #9,554 (2020) | #10,612 |
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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