Emmit Boy
How popular is Emmit?
#3,313 boy name in 2025
35 baby boys were named Emmit in the US in 2025, making it the 3313th most popular boy name.
Emmit popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #3,313 for boys (▲ 79 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 35 boys |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-71% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,406 in 2015, #1,778 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2012 (137 boys) |
| Highest rank | #470 in 1886 |
| First recorded | 1882 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Emmit counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Emmitt family of names ranked #677 for boys in 2025 (#608 the year before), with 376 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Emmitt | 333 | 89% |
| Emmit | 35 | 9% |
| Emitt | 8 | 2% |
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 Emmit is most popular
Babies named Emmit per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
Emmit by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 47 | #470 |
| 1890s | 69 | #538 |
| 1900s | 105 | #674 |
| 1910s | 386 | #753 |
| 1920s | 589 | #746 |
| 1930s | 432 | #794 |
| 1940s | 276 | #1,107 |
| 1950s | 214 | #1,510 |
| 1960s | 138 | #1,857 |
| 1970s | 96 | #2,292 |
| 1980s | 73 | #3,599 |
| 1990s | 130 | #3,320 |
| 2000s | 294 | #2,787 |
| 2010s | 1,080 | #1,280 |
| 2020s | 331 | #1,778 |
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Questions
- Is Emmit a boy or girl name?
- Emmit is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Emmit were boys.
- How popular is the name Emmit?
- 35 baby boys were named Emmit in the US in 2025, making it the 3313th most popular boy name.
- When was Emmit most popular?
- Emmit peaked in 2012, when 137 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #470 in 1886.
- How many people are named Emmit?
- 4,260 babies have been named Emmit in the US since 1880. We estimate about 2,452 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 14.
- Where is Emmit most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Emmit was most common in Arkansas, 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.