Emitt

Peak · boys
1908 · 7 births
Debut · boys
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
637
since 1900

Emitt over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Emitt has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #1,113, 1908boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#8,9108
2024—
2023#7,28911
2022#5,87415
2021#5,77615
2020#5,69915
2019#5,15318
2018#5,77015
2017#4,74620
2016#4,47022
2015#3,68429
2014#2,92939
2013#3,66128
2012#5,48216
2011#7,00911
2010#6,35913
2009#8,9858
2008#9,0198
2007#10,9216
2006#9,5857
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2004#9,9486
2003#10,8945
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1999#9,9125
1998#8,4796
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1957#3,9935
1956#3,9425
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1948#3,0107
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1945#2,3939
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1943#2,7328
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1941#3,1336
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1938#3,5345
1937#3,5185
1936#3,5495
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1934#3,2776
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1932#3,0927
1931#3,3906
1930#2,29312
1929#2,58910
1928#2,27013
1927#2,70310
1926#2,72510
1925#4,1975
1924#1,89418
1923#2,12315
1922#2,04016
1921#3,2148
1920#2,13115
1919#1,81118
1918#2,8829
1917#2,7329
1916#2,38911
1915#2,45810
1914#2,2719
1913#1,67611
1912#1,8858
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1909#1,1557
1908#1,1137
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1900#1,1626
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First appearance
1900

The first year at least five boys were named Emitt! It came in at #1,162, and was given to 6 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1901–1907, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Emitt is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Emitt in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Emitt
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 3,211 spots since 2020 (#5,699 → #8,910)
  • 5,226 spots since 2015 (#3,684 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
8 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1900
  • Peaked 1908 at #1,113 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1910, 2 yrs later
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 22,048
  • Highest: 1 in 22,048 boys born in 1908 were named Emitt (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 33.1% of all boys named Emitt (211) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s20#1,113 (1908)#1,143
1910s85#1,676 (1913)#2,263
1920s120#1,894 (1924)#2,589
1930s46#2,293 (1930)#3,236
1940s30#2,393 (1945)#2,817
1950s10#3,942 (1956)#3,968
1960s0——
1970s0——
1980s0——
1990s11#8,479 (1998)#9,196
2000s40#8,985 (2009)#9,892
2010s211#2,929 (2014)#4,926
2020s64#5,699 (2020)#6,710

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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