Emmitt
#13,208 for girls in 2025, 6 births · #769 for boys in 2025, 333 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1905 · 26 births
- Debut · boys
- 7 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 14,238since 1880
Emmitt over time
Rank among boys' names. Emmitt has never cracked the top 400 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #13,208 | 6 | #769 | 333 |
| 2024 | — | #680 | 402 | |
| 2023 | — | #659 | 415 | |
| 2022 | — | #598 | 470 | |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 | #545 | 536 |
| 2020 | — | #510 | 560 | |
| 2019 | — | #500 | 571 | |
| 2018 | — | #536 | 523 | |
| 2017 | — | #535 | 529 | |
| 2016 | — | #523 | 565 | |
| 2015 | — | #583 | 477 | |
| 2014 | — | #606 | 442 | |
| 2013 | — | #623 | 394 | |
| 2012 | — | #660 | 359 | |
| 2011 | — | #785 | 284 | |
| 2010 | — | #870 | 242 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,226 | 146 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,467 | 112 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,488 | 107 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,605 | 90 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,619 | 84 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,238 | 51 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,987 | 58 | |
| 2002 | — | #2,295 | 45 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,050 | 51 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,256 | 43 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,098 | 45 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,768 | 57 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,599 | 63 | |
| 1996 | — | #1,334 | 81 | |
| 1995 | — | #1,430 | 69 | |
| 1994 | — | #1,383 | 71 | |
| 1993 | — | #1,554 | 58 | |
| 1992 | — | #2,412 | 30 | |
| 1991 | — | #2,544 | 27 | |
| 1990 | — | #2,952 | 21 | |
| 1989 | — | #2,784 | 22 | |
| 1988 | — | #2,305 | 26 | |
| 1987 | — | #2,725 | 19 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,694 | 37 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,866 | 31 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,885 | 29 | |
| 1983 | — | #2,912 | 15 | |
| 1982 | — | #2,341 | 21 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,996 | 27 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,765 | 32 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,487 | 40 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,570 | 36 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,607 | 34 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,572 | 34 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,478 | 36 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,439 | 36 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,376 | 37 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,163 | 49 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,309 | 41 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,178 | 49 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,152 | 46 | |
| 1968 | — | #1,100 | 46 | |
| 1967 | — | #1,030 | 50 | |
| 1966 | — | #1,016 | 51 | |
| 1965 | — | #934 | 62 | |
| 1964 | — | #1,059 | 51 | |
| 1963 | — | #936 | 64 | |
| 1962 | — | #973 | 61 | |
| 1961 | — | #915 | 69 | |
| 1960 | — | #981 | 60 | |
| 1959 | — | #871 | 77 | |
| 1958 | — | #892 | 71 | |
| 1957 | — | #853 | 77 | |
| 1956 | — | #822 | 82 | |
| 1955 | — | #898 | 68 | |
| 1954 | — | #788 | 83 | |
| 1953 | — | #717 | 99 | |
| 1952 | — | #742 | 90 | |
| 1951 | — | #659 | 113 | |
| 1950 | — | #681 | 100 | |
| 1949 | — | #717 | 92 | |
| 1948 | — | #717 | 87 | |
| 1947 | — | #778 | 78 | |
| 1946 | — | #746 | 78 | |
| 1945 | — | #671 | 80 | |
| 1944 | — | #667 | 86 | |
| 1943 | — | #655 | 95 | |
| 1942 | — | #667 | 93 | |
| 1941 | — | #662 | 85 | |
| 1940 | — | #697 | 75 | |
| 1939 | — | #642 | 85 | |
| 1938 | — | #683 | 78 | |
| 1937 | — | #675 | 78 | |
| 1936 | — | #756 | 64 | |
| 1935 | — | #605 | 92 | |
| 1934 | — | #722 | 72 | |
| 1933 | — | #619 | 87 | |
| 1932 | — | #708 | 76 | |
| 1931 | — | #667 | 80 | |
| 1930 | — | #718 | 76 | |
| 1929 | — | #712 | 76 | |
| 1928 | — | #594 | 108 | |
| 1927 | — | #629 | 100 | |
| 1926 | — | #663 | 90 | |
| 1925 | — | #649 | 96 | |
| 1924 | — | #626 | 104 | |
| 1923 | — | #635 | 102 | |
| 1922 | — | #574 | 123 | |
| 1921 | — | #652 | 98 | |
| 1920 | — | #623 | 103 | |
| 1919 | — | #558 | 115 | |
| 1918 | — | #710 | 79 | |
| 1917 | — | #668 | 80 | |
| 1916 | — | #680 | 76 | |
| 1915 | — | #605 | 90 | |
| 1914 | — | #697 | 54 | |
| 1913 | — | #586 | 56 | |
| 1912 | — | #608 | 45 | |
| 1911 | — | #548 | 30 | |
| 1910 | — | #512 | 30 | |
| 1909 | — | #453 | 31 | |
| 1908 | — | #541 | 22 | |
| 1907 | — | #591 | 18 | |
| 1906 | — | #472 | 22 | |
| 1905 | — | #421 | 26 | |
| 1904 | — | #466 | 21 | |
| 1903 | — | #430 | 22 | |
| 1902 | — | #615 | 13 | |
| 1901 | — | #487 | 16 | |
| 1900 | — | #477 | 23 | |
| 1899 | — | #583 | 12 | |
| 1898 | — | #543 | 15 | |
| 1897 | — | #515 | 15 | |
| 1896 | — | #551 | 14 | |
| 1895 | — | #501 | 16 | |
| 1894 | — | #502 | 16 | |
| 1893 | — | #538 | 13 | |
| 1892 | — | #497 | 16 | |
| 1891 | — | #635 | 9 | |
| 1890 | — | #533 | 13 | |
| 1889 | — | #498 | 14 | |
| 1888 | — | #528 | 14 | |
| 1887 | — | #544 | 11 | |
| 1886 | — | #451 | 16 | |
| 1885 | — | #577 | 11 | |
| 1884 | — | #613 | 10 | |
| 1883 | — | #720 | 7 | |
| 1882 | — | #576 | 11 | |
| 1881 | — | #563 | 10 | |
| 1880 | — | #745 | 7 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Emmitt was already there! It came in at #745, and was given to 7 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 11 boys a year got the name.
Where Emmitt is popular in 1955
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#347 · 1 in 4,013
- Kentucky#409 · 1 in 7,308
- Alabama#474 · 1 in 7,777
- Virginia#482 · 1 in 8,680
- Texas#737 · 1 in 13,438
Best ever in a state: #92 in Vermont, 2016.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #347 | 5 | 1 in 4,013 |
| Kentucky | #409 | 5 | 1 in 7,308 |
| Alabama | #474 | 5 | 1 in 7,777 |
| Virginia | #482 | 5 | 1 in 8,680 |
| Texas | #737 | 9 | 1 in 13,438 |
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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 Emmitt
- 89 spots since 2024 (#680 → #769)
- 259 spots since 2020 (#510 → #769)
- 186 spots since 2015 (#583 → #769)
- Biggest jump: 356 spots in 2010 (#1,226 → #870)
- Biggest drop: 151 spots in 1936 (#605 → #756)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1905 at #421 (26 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 101 yrs · run 1880–1963
- Highest: 1 in 3,082 boys born in 2020 were named Emmitt (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 5,129 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
- Its best rank, #421 in 1905, was only 1 in 5,089 (0.02%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 30.8% of all boys named Emmitt (4,386) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 111 | #451 (1886) | #582 |
| 1890s | 139 | #497 (1892) | #540 |
| 1900s | 214 | #421 (1905) | #495 |
| 1910s | 655 | #512 (1910) | #617 |
| 1920s | 1,000 | #574 (1922) | #636 |
| 1930s | 788 | #605 (1935) | #680 |
| 1940s | 849 | #655 (1943) | #698 |
| 1950s | 860 | #659 (1951) | #792 |
| 1960s | 560 | #915 (1961) | #1,010 |
| 1970s | 392 | #1,163 (1972) | #1,418 |
| 1980s | 259 | #1,694 (1986) | #2,227 |
| 1990s | 522 | #1,334 (1996) | #1,907 |
| 2000s | 787 | #1,226 (2009) | #1,823 |
| 2010s | 4,386 | #500 (2019) | #622 |
| 2020s | 2,716 | #510 (2020) | #627 |
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.
Emmitt in 1955
Top boys' names in 1955
More about 1955
boys
2,059,889 boys got a published name in 1955; 1 in 30,292 of them was named Emmitt, which outranked 79.6% of the 4,400 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).