Emmett

#5,410 for girls in 2025, 23 births · #121 for boys in 2025, 2,950 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
2021 · 3,663 births
Debut · boys
74 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
78,564
since 1880

Emmett over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Emmett has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202025boysat 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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#5,41023#1212,950
2024#6,64217#1193,010
2023#4,99926#1173,076
2022#5,46523#1163,324
2021#6,41418#1033,663
2020#5,85020#1073,406
2019#5,61222#1073,555
2018#6,79217#1143,435
2017#8,29913#1243,169
2016#7,23016#1363,046
2015#8,44713#1393,043
2014#8,96612#1562,639
2013#14,5826#1732,360
2012#10,42910#1862,027
2011#16,7645#2201,609
2010—#2711,278
2009—#334955
2008—#548479
2007—#573448
2006—#570439
2005—#594380
2004—#622341
2003—#678287
2002—#701255
2001—#701255
2000—#740231
1999—#809188
1998—#847172
1997—#752198
1996—#860161
1995—#813173
1994—#828165
1993—#821166
1992—#802169
1991—#920131
1990—#963117
1989—#878131
1988—#910110
1987—#934102
1986—#901102
1985—#99584
1984—#874101
1983—#795121
1982—#840111
1981—#875103
1980—#856107
1979—#816114
1978—#803112
1977—#770122
1976—#729132
1975—#750123
1974—#726127
1973—#699132
1972—#660148
1971—#673151
1970—#618173
1969—#570189
1968—#548189
1967—#542190
1966—#564182
1965—#549194
1964—#553203
1963—#561198
1962—#514236
1961—#515239
1960—#544212
1959—#470288
1958#6,1035#482262
1957—#444300
1956—#425316
1955—#423298
1954—#426283
1953—#416287
1952—#384320
1951—#377324
1950—#381310
1949#5,2445#398285
1948—#352363
1947#4,7646#335419
1946—#341359
1945—#346303
1944—#318359
1943—#334332
1942—#324347
1941—#325327
1940—#303338
1939—#297349
1938—#303322
1937—#301320
1936—#301314
1935—#286358
1934—#291341
1933—#278360
1932—#288356
1931—#276400
1930—#267439
1929—#270425
1928#4,7255#266456
1927#3,8757#260486
1926#4,3066#241539
1925#3,6648#228579
1924—#232584
1923#3,9717#236564
1922—#231578
1921#4,0237#218608
1920—#209614
1919#4,2516#200629
1918—#211591
1917#4,5945#207542
1916—#216500
1915—#187592
1914—#204406
1913—#197340
1912—#199290
1911—#208141
1910—#177159
1909—#166147
1908—#176126
1907—#152148
1906—#19294
1905—#157128
1904—#157120
1903—#17097
1902—#17498
1901—#146110
1900—#175119
1899—#15697
1898—#137131
1897—#137118
1896—#145113
1895—#121138
1894—#127126
1893—#145103
1892—#136117
1891—#14789
1890—#136104
1889—#132108
1888—#152100
1887—#14090
1886—#14994
1885—#134101
1884—#16783
1883—#14887
1882—#14099
1881—#17865
1880—#17574
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Emmett was already there! It came in at #175, and was given to 74 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 75 boys a year got the name.

Where Emmett is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #33 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 134 boysAKMaine: #49 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 192 boysMEVermont: #64 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 173 boysVTNew Hampshire: #66 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 205 boysNHWashington: #97 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 415 boysWAIdaho: #52 for boys · 35 births · 1 in 247 boysIDMontana: #62 for boys · 17 births · 1 in 221 boysMTNorth Dakota: #77 for boys · 14 births · 1 in 240 boysNDMinnesota: #26 for boys · 131 births · 1 in 187 boysMNIllinois: #96 for boys · 118 births · 1 in 420 boysILWisconsin: #47 for boys · 99 births · 1 in 237 boysWIMichigan: #57 for boys · 142 births · 1 in 283 boysMINew York: #131 for boys · 145 births · 1 in 582 boysNYMassachusetts: #123 for boys · 57 births · 1 in 474 boysMARhode Island: #125 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 347 boysRIOregon: #77 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 320 boysORNevada: #169 for boys · 18 births · 1 in 627 boysNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Emmett, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #69 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 240 boysSDIowa: #55 for boys · 56 births · 1 in 247 boysIAIndiana: #95 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 401 boysINOhio: #89 for boys · 135 births · 1 in 389 boysOHPennsylvania: #88 for boys · 140 births · 1 in 373 boysPANew Jersey: #204 for boys · 47 births · 1 in 846 boysNJConnecticut: #100 for boys · 36 births · 1 in 367 boysCTCalifornia: #182 for boys · 217 births · 1 in 809 boysCAUtah: #107 for boys · 49 births · 1 in 401 boysUTColorado: #100 for boys · 67 births · 1 in 401 boysCONebraska: #37 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 196 boysNEMissouri: #78 for boys · 79 births · 1 in 352 boysMOKentucky: #117 for boys · 48 births · 1 in 428 boysKYWest Virginia: #94 for boys · 20 births · 1 in 308 boysWVVirginia: #137 for boys · 65 births · 1 in 573 boysVAMaryland: #159 for boys · 37 births · 1 in 619 boysMDDelaware: #142 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 421 boysDEArizona: #145 for boys · 61 births · 1 in 536 boysAZNew Mexico: #161 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 542 boysNMKansas: #82 for boys · 40 births · 1 in 351 boysKSArkansas: #165 for boys · 22 births · 1 in 572 boysARTennessee: #96 for boys · 91 births · 1 in 404 boysTNNorth Carolina: #141 for boys · 89 births · 1 in 578 boysNCSouth Carolina: #115 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 471 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Emmett, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #175 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 631 boysOKLouisiana: #181 for boys · 28 births · 1 in 683 boysLAMississippi: #259 for boys · 12 births · 1 in 903 boysMSAlabama: #116 for boys · 45 births · 1 in 478 boysALGeorgia: #195 for boys · 62 births · 1 in 810 boysGAHawaii: #104 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 324 boysHITexas: #234 for boys · 170 births · 1 in 1,030 boysTXFlorida: #203 for boys · 107 births · 1 in 893 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Minnesota#26 · 1 in 187
  2. Alaska#33 · 1 in 134
  3. Nebraska#37 · 1 in 196
  4. Wisconsin#47 · 1 in 237
  5. Maine#49 · 1 in 192

Best ever in a state: #10 in Vermont, 2019.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Minnesota#261311 in 187
Alaska#33171 in 134
Nebraska#37451 in 196
Wisconsin#47991 in 237
Maine#49201 in 192
Idaho#52351 in 247
Iowa#55561 in 247
Michigan#571421 in 283
Montana#62171 in 221
Vermont#6471 in 173
New Hampshire#66221 in 205
South Dakota#69161 in 240
North Dakota#77141 in 240
Oregon#77471 in 320
Missouri#78791 in 352
Kansas#82401 in 351
Pennsylvania#881401 in 373
Ohio#891351 in 389
West Virginia#94201 in 308
Indiana#95791 in 401
Illinois#961181 in 420
Tennessee#96911 in 404
Washington#97791 in 415
Colorado#100671 in 401
Connecticut#100361 in 367
Hawaii#10491 in 324
Utah#107491 in 401
South Carolina#115451 in 471
Alabama#116451 in 478
Kentucky#117481 in 428
Massachusetts#123571 in 474
Rhode Island#12591 in 347
New York#1311451 in 582
Virginia#137651 in 573
North Carolina#141891 in 578
Delaware#14271 in 421
Arizona#145611 in 536
Maryland#159371 in 619
New Mexico#161121 in 542
Arkansas#165221 in 572
Nevada#169181 in 627
Oklahoma#175281 in 631
Louisiana#181281 in 683
California#1822171 in 809
Georgia#195621 in 810
Florida#2031071 in 893
New Jersey#204471 in 846
Texas#2341701 in 1,030
Mississippi#259121 in 903
District of Columbia———
Wyoming———

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 Emmett
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 2 spots since 2024 (#119 → #121)
  • 14 spots since 2020 (#107 → #121)
  • 18 spots since 2015 (#139 → #121)
  • Biggest jump: 214 spots in 2009 (#548 → #334)
  • Biggest drop: 121 spots in 1985 (#874 → #995)
Rise & fade · boys
141 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2021 at #103 (3,663 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 478
  • Highest: 1 in 478 boys born in 2021 were named Emmett (0.21%)
  • Latest: 1 in 579 boys born in 2025 (0.17%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 33.3% of all boys named Emmett (26,161) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #121 (1895) → #995 (1985) → #103 (2021)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s901#132 (1889)#152
1890s1,136#121 (1895)#139
1900s1,187#146 (1901)#167
1910s4,190#177 (1910)#201
1920s5,433#209 (1920)#239
1930s3,559#267 (1930)#289
1940s3,432#303 (1940)#338
1950s2,988#377 (1951)#423
1960s2,032#514 (1962)#546
1970s1,334#618 (1970)#724
1980s1,072#795 (1983)#886
1990s1,640#752 (1997)#842
2000s4,070#334 (2009)#606
2010s26,161#107 (2019)#163
2020s19,429#103 (2021)#114

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.

Emmett in 2025

girls
#5,410
23 births · 1 in 69,881 girls
boys
#121
2,950 births · 1 in 579 boys

Top girls' names in 2025

  1. #1Olivia13,544
  2. #2Charlotte13,400
  3. #3Emma12,754
  4. #4Amelia12,699
  5. #5Sophia12,561
  6. #6Mia11,078
  7. #7Isabella10,666
  8. #8Evelyn9,123
  9. #9Sofia8,252
  10. #10Eliana8,191
  11. #5,410Emmett23

Top boys' names in 2025

  1. #1Liam20,818
  2. #2Noah20,358
  3. #3Oliver14,939
  4. #4Theodore13,355
  5. #5Henry12,020
  6. #6James11,945
  7. #7Elijah11,111
  8. #8Mateo11,045
  9. #9William10,545
  10. #10Lucas10,219
  11. #121Emmett2,950
More about 2025

girls

1,607,267 girls got a published name in 2025; 1 in 69,881 of them was named Emmett, which outranked 68.7% of the 17,297 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880).

Ranked beside Emmett
  1. #5,238Zeya24
  2. #5,238Zhara24
  3. #5,238Zimal24
  4. #5,410Emmett23
  5. #5,410Aadhira23
  6. #5,410Aasiyah23
  7. #5,410Adair23
  8. #5,554Aamina22
  9. #5,554Abigael22
  10. #5,554Abigale22

Tied with 143 names at #5,410; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2024
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,390Klarity#2,178 → #788
  2. ↑ 1,211Rynlee#1,966 → #755
  3. ↑ 963Ailanny#1,895 → #932
  4. ↑ 928Naylani#1,823 → #895
  5. ↑ 861Madisson#1,180 → #319
Fallers
  1. ↓ 353Aubrie#999 → #1,352
  2. ↓ 307Cattleya#904 → #1,211
  3. ↓ 272Jaycee#878 → #1,150
  4. ↓ 248Zendaya#938 → #1,186
  5. ↓ 233Novalee#742 → #975

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,708,076 boys got a published name in 2025; 1 in 579 of them was named Emmett, which outranked 99.1% of the 13,930 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880).

Ranked beside Emmett
  1. #118Callum2,995
  2. #119Milo2,974
  3. #120Graham2,967
  4. #121Emmett2,950
  5. #122Sawyer2,941
  6. #123Giovanni2,939
  7. #124Carson2,883
Biggest movers since 2024
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,096Kasai#1,735 → #639
  2. ↑ 1,089Akari#1,631 → #542
  3. ↑ 787Eziah#1,397 → #610
  4. ↑ 772Jasai#1,211 → #439
  5. ↑ 648Neithan#1,371 → #723
Fallers
  1. ↓ 265Karim#819 → #1,084
  2. ↓ 235Khaza#961 → #1,196
  3. ↓ 231Landen#813 → #1,044
  4. ↓ 229Khai#947 → #1,176
  5. ↓ 227Seven#891 → #1,118

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2025 →