Emmet Boy
How popular is Emmet?
#1,554 boy name in 2025
110 baby boys were named Emmet in the US in 2025, making it the 1554th most popular boy name.
Emmet popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #1,554 for boys (▲ 35 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 110 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-58% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #859 in 2015, #1,288 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2015 (262 boys) |
| Highest rank | #283 in 1880 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Emmet counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Emmett family of names ranked #123 for boys in 2025 (#119 the year before), with 3,093 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Emmett | 2,950 | 95% |
| Emmet | 110 | 4% |
| Emet | 28 | 1% |
| Emett | 5 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Emmet is most popular
Babies named Emmet per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Iowa: 0.1 per 1,000 (10 boys)
- Minnesota: 0.1 per 1,000 (16 boys)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (26 boys)
- Wisconsin: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Michigan: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 boys)
Emmet by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 237 | #283 |
| 1890s | 186 | #329 |
| 1900s | 193 | #370 |
| 1910s | 583 | #471 |
| 1920s | 725 | #630 |
| 1930s | 363 | #865 |
| 1940s | 297 | #1,074 |
| 1950s | 222 | #1,372 |
| 1960s | 167 | #1,608 |
| 1970s | 144 | #2,035 |
| 1980s | 132 | #2,535 |
| 1990s | 327 | #1,922 |
| 2000s | 718 | #1,523 |
| 2010s | 1,940 | #859 |
| 2020s | 732 | #1,288 |
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Questions
- Is Emmet a boy or girl name?
- Emmet is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Emmet were boys.
- How popular is the name Emmet?
- 110 baby boys were named Emmet in the US in 2025, making it the 1554th most popular boy name.
- When was Emmet most popular?
- Emmet peaked in 2015, when 262 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #283 in 1880.
- How many people are named Emmet?
- 6,966 babies have been named Emmet in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,436 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 13.
- Where is Emmet most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Emmet was most common in Iowa, at 0.1 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.