Emett — #6819 US boys' name
346 babies named Emett in U.S. Social Security records since 1883, with the highest year being 2015. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 52% of names given to boys today.
44% of everyone ever named Emett was born in this single decade.
25 babies were named Emett in 2015 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Emett
The Social Security Administration has registered 346 babies named Emett between 1883 and 2024, spanning 142 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Emett currently holds the #6819 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2015, when 25 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Emett performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 153 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Emett shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Emett 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 346 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.
Emett at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Emett popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1883
- Peak year (2015)
- 25
- Annual births at peak — across 142 years of records
Currently ranks #6819 among boys.
346 total births across 142 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2015 with 25 births in a single year.
Emett by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 153 births that decade — 44% of Emett's all-time total
Emett decade highlights
- Peak decade 153 births
- Runner-up 61 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Emett's strongest decade
153 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 44% of all-time use.
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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, 1883–2024 (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.