Emmet
#1,554 for boys in 2025, 110 births
- Peak · boys
- 1880 · 34 births
- Debut · boys
- 34 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 6,966since 1880
Emmet over time
Rank among boys' names. Emmet has never cracked the top 200 here.
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 | #1,554 | 110 |
| 2024 | #1,589 | 108 |
| 2023 | #1,369 | 136 |
| 2022 | #1,479 | 122 |
| 2021 | #1,529 | 115 |
| 2020 | #1,288 | 141 |
| 2019 | #1,072 | 190 |
| 2018 | #1,045 | 194 |
| 2017 | #947 | 220 |
| 2016 | #894 | 243 |
| 2015 | #859 | 262 |
| 2014 | #959 | 220 |
| 2013 | #1,075 | 174 |
| 2012 | #1,155 | 158 |
| 2011 | #1,198 | 147 |
| 2010 | #1,299 | 132 |
| 2009 | #1,573 | 103 |
| 2008 | #1,802 | 82 |
| 2007 | #1,848 | 78 |
| 2006 | #1,738 | 80 |
| 2005 | #1,525 | 93 |
| 2004 | #1,720 | 74 |
| 2003 | #1,800 | 66 |
| 2002 | #2,155 | 49 |
| 2001 | #2,185 | 47 |
| 2000 | #2,175 | 46 |
| 1999 | #2,263 | 40 |
| 1998 | #2,394 | 36 |
| 1997 | #2,126 | 41 |
| 1996 | #1,958 | 45 |
| 1995 | #2,210 | 36 |
| 1994 | #1,927 | 43 |
| 1993 | #2,697 | 26 |
| 1992 | #3,220 | 20 |
| 1991 | #2,915 | 22 |
| 1990 | #3,309 | 18 |
| 1989 | #3,618 | 15 |
| 1988 | #3,079 | 17 |
| 1987 | #4,239 | 10 |
| 1986 | #5,332 | 7 |
| 1985 | #3,599 | 12 |
| 1984 | #3,925 | 10 |
| 1983 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #2,972 | 15 |
| 1981 | #3,412 | 12 |
| 1980 | #2,536 | 19 |
| 1979 | #2,465 | 19 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,386 | 11 |
| 1976 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #2,134 | 21 |
| 1974 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #2,036 | 20 |
| 1972 | #2,323 | 16 |
| 1971 | #2,279 | 17 |
| 1970 | #2,213 | 17 |
| 1969 | #1,861 | 20 |
| 1968 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #1,609 | 23 |
| 1966 | #2,327 | 12 |
| 1965 | #1,669 | 22 |
| 1964 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #1,695 | 22 |
| 1962 | #2,035 | 16 |
| 1961 | #2,409 | 12 |
| 1960 | #2,042 | 16 |
| 1959 | #1,806 | 20 |
| 1958 | #1,724 | 21 |
| 1957 | #1,791 | 20 |
| 1956 | #1,443 | 29 |
| 1955 | #1,791 | 19 |
| 1954 | #2,207 | 13 |
| 1953 | #1,508 | 25 |
| 1952 | #1,547 | 24 |
| 1951 | #1,373 | 29 |
| 1950 | #1,572 | 22 |
| 1949 | #1,252 | 33 |
| 1948 | #1,656 | 20 |
| 1947 | #1,159 | 39 |
| 1946 | #1,759 | 17 |
| 1945 | #1,139 | 33 |
| 1944 | #1,107 | 36 |
| 1943 | #1,699 | 18 |
| 1942 | #1,074 | 40 |
| 1941 | #1,187 | 31 |
| 1940 | #1,227 | 30 |
| 1939 | #1,297 | 26 |
| 1938 | #1,221 | 29 |
| 1937 | #1,444 | 22 |
| 1936 | #1,182 | 31 |
| 1935 | #1,165 | 32 |
| 1934 | #1,024 | 40 |
| 1933 | #946 | 44 |
| 1932 | #992 | 44 |
| 1931 | #1,111 | 37 |
| 1930 | #865 | 58 |
| 1929 | #1,026 | 44 |
| 1928 | #767 | 71 |
| 1927 | #866 | 61 |
| 1926 | #776 | 70 |
| 1925 | #814 | 66 |
| 1924 | #872 | 62 |
| 1923 | #729 | 80 |
| 1922 | #730 | 81 |
| 1921 | #677 | 91 |
| 1920 | #630 | 99 |
| 1919 | #753 | 73 |
| 1918 | #692 | 82 |
| 1917 | #765 | 67 |
| 1916 | #715 | 70 |
| 1915 | #621 | 86 |
| 1914 | #724 | 52 |
| 1913 | #564 | 59 |
| 1912 | #700 | 37 |
| 1911 | #471 | 38 |
| 1910 | #677 | 19 |
| 1909 | #505 | 26 |
| 1908 | #744 | 13 |
| 1907 | #591 | 18 |
| 1906 | #523 | 19 |
| 1905 | #549 | 18 |
| 1904 | #492 | 19 |
| 1903 | #370 | 27 |
| 1902 | #615 | 13 |
| 1901 | #559 | 13 |
| 1900 | #430 | 27 |
| 1899 | #548 | 13 |
| 1898 | #611 | 13 |
| 1897 | #584 | 13 |
| 1896 | #424 | 21 |
| 1895 | #329 | 31 |
| 1894 | #439 | 19 |
| 1893 | #419 | 19 |
| 1892 | #445 | 19 |
| 1891 | #476 | 14 |
| 1890 | #358 | 24 |
| 1889 | #360 | 24 |
| 1888 | #330 | 30 |
| 1887 | #631 | 9 |
| 1886 | #348 | 24 |
| 1885 | #399 | 20 |
| 1884 | #352 | 25 |
| 1883 | #331 | 25 |
| 1882 | #377 | 22 |
| 1881 | #332 | 24 |
| 1880 | #283 | 34 |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Emmet was already there! It came in at #283, and was given to 34 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1978, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Emmet is popular in 2014
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Iowa#327 · 1 in 1,434
- Massachusetts#402 · 1 in 2,720
- Minnesota#418 · 1 in 2,547
- Oregon#497 · 1 in 2,621
- Michigan#497 · 1 in 3,054
Best ever in a state: #235 in Iowa, 1913.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | #327 | 11 | 1 in 1,434 |
| Massachusetts | #402 | 11 | 1 in 2,720 |
| Minnesota | #418 | 11 | 1 in 2,547 |
| Michigan | #497 | 16 | 1 in 3,054 |
| Oregon | #497 | 7 | 1 in 2,621 |
| Utah | #563 | 7 | 1 in 3,075 |
| Virginia | #642 | 9 | 1 in 4,702 |
| Washington | #650 | 9 | 1 in 4,034 |
| Ohio | #725 | 11 | 1 in 5,480 |
| Wisconsin | #727 | 5 | 1 in 5,480 |
| Indiana | #795 | 6 | 1 in 6,025 |
| Illinois | #842 | 10 | 1 in 6,640 |
| New York | #957 | 13 | 1 in 7,903 |
| California | #959 | 23 | 1 in 10,056 |
| New Jersey | #983 | 5 | 1 in 8,388 |
| Pennsylvania | #1,188 | 5 | 1 in 12,156 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Emmet
- 35 spots since 2024 (#1,589 → #1,554)
- 266 spots since 2020 (#1,288 → #1,554)
- 695 spots since 2015 (#859 → #1,554)
- Biggest jump: 301 spots in 1888 (#631 → #330)
- Biggest drop: 283 spots in 1887 (#348 → #631)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1880 at #283 (34 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 56 yrs · run 1880–1928
- Highest: 1 in 3,250 boys born in 1880 were named Emmet (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 15,528 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 27.8% of all boys named Emmet (1,940) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 237 | #283 (1880) | #374 |
| 1890s | 186 | #329 (1895) | #463 |
| 1900s | 193 | #370 (1903) | #538 |
| 1910s | 583 | #471 (1911) | #668 |
| 1920s | 725 | #630 (1920) | #789 |
| 1930s | 363 | #865 (1930) | #1,125 |
| 1940s | 297 | #1,074 (1942) | #1,326 |
| 1950s | 222 | #1,373 (1951) | #1,676 |
| 1960s | 167 | #1,609 (1967) | #2,059 |
| 1970s | 144 | #2,036 (1973) | #2,561 |
| 1980s | 132 | #2,536 (1980) | #3,562 |
| 1990s | 327 | #1,927 (1994) | #2,502 |
| 2000s | 718 | #1,525 (2005) | #1,852 |
| 2010s | 1,940 | #859 (2015) | #1,050 |
| 2020s | 732 | #1,288 (2020) | #1,468 |
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.
Emmet in 2014
Top boys' names in 2014
More about 2014
boys
1,920,871 boys got a published name in 2014; 1 in 8,731 of them was named Emmet, which outranked 93.2% of the 14,081 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #952Semaj221
- #952Truman221
- #952Zaid221
- #959Emmet220
- #959Anakin220
- #959Augustine220
- #959Judson220
- #964Damari219
- #965Baylor218
- #965Deangelo218
Tied with 4 names at #959; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.