Emerito — boys' name
16 babies named Emerito in U.S. Social Security records since 1956, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
16 boys have been named Emerito since 1956, peaking in the 1980s, last recorded in 1981.
- 16
- total births
- 1956–1981
- years on record
- 1980s
- peak decade
- 38%
- born in that decade
38% of everyone ever named Emerito was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Emerito in 1981 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Emerito
The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Emerito between 1956 and 1981, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Emerito currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1981. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 6 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Emerito performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 6 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Emerito shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Emerito in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Emerito in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 16 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Emerito at a glance
Last recorded 1981Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Emerito popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1981–1956
- Peak year (1981)
- 6
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1981.
16 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 6 births in a single year.
Emerito by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 6 births that decade — 38% of Emerito's all-time total
Emerito decade highlights
- Peak decade 6 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Emerito's strongest decade
6 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 38% of all-time use.
Emerito by state
Where Emerito concentrates geographically — total births since 1956
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 31.3% |
5 of 16 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 31.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 31.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1956–1981 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.