Emmet
Emmet was given to 110 boys in 2025, #1,555 among boys’ names; 6,966 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 4,380 Americans named Emmet and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (63% of everyone recorded); the median is 13 years old and half are between 8 and 25.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Emmet by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Emmet mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Emmet is “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
From a Middle English diminutive of the female given name Emma.
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Emmet?
#1,555 among boys’ names, 2025
Emmet fell from #860 in 2015 to #1,555 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.14 to 0.06 per 1,000.
262 babies in 2015, the peak
Emmet peaked in 2015, when 262 boys were given it, #860 among boys’ names. The 110 births of 2025 are 42% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 110 | #1,555 | 0.06 |
| 2024 | 108 | #1,592 | 0.06 |
| 2023 | 136 | #1,370 | 0.08 |
| 2022 | 122 | #1,482 | 0.07 |
| 2021 | 115 | #1,531 | 0.07 |
| 2020 | 141 | #1,289 | 0.08 |
| 2019 | 190 | #1,072 | 0.11 |
| 2018 | 194 | #1,047 | 0.11 |
| 2017 | 220 | #949 | 0.12 |
| 2016 | 243 | #896 | 0.13 |
Every recorded year (145)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 262 | #860 | 0.14 |
| 2014 | 220 | #961 | 0.11 |
| 2013 | 174 | #1,078 | 0.09 |
| 2012 | 158 | #1,157 | 0.08 |
| 2011 | 147 | #1,202 | 0.08 |
| 2010 | 132 | #1,300 | 0.07 |
| 2009 | 103 | #1,574 | 0.05 |
| 2008 | 82 | #1,806 | 0.04 |
| 2007 | 78 | #1,851 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 80 | #1,746 | 0.04 |
| 2005 | 93 | #1,526 | 0.05 |
| 2004 | 74 | #1,720 | 0.04 |
| 2003 | 66 | #1,800 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 49 | #2,160 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 47 | #2,185 | 0.02 |
| 2000 | 46 | #2,177 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 40 | #2,272 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 36 | #2,409 | 0.02 |
| 1997 | 41 | #2,138 | 0.02 |
| 1996 | 45 | #1,962 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 36 | #2,220 | 0.02 |
| 1994 | 43 | #1,935 | 0.02 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,728 | 0.01 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,248 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 22 | #2,928 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 18 | #3,351 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 15 | #3,672 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 17 | #3,109 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 10 | #4,341 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,503 | under 0.01 |
| 1985 | 12 | #3,655 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 10 | #4,007 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,960 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 15 | #3,014 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 12 | #3,477 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 19 | #2,565 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 19 | #2,494 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 11 | #3,451 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 11 | #3,337 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 21 | #2,150 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 12 | #3,004 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 20 | #2,068 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 16 | #2,357 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 17 | #2,308 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 17 | #2,228 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 20 | #1,880 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 10 | #2,792 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 23 | #1,619 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 12 | #2,371 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 22 | #1,686 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,243 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 22 | #1,711 | 0.01 |
| 1962 | 16 | #2,061 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,455 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 16 | #2,060 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 20 | #1,818 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 21 | #1,741 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 20 | #1,807 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 29 | #1,456 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 19 | #1,807 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 13 | #2,237 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 25 | #1,526 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 24 | #1,558 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 29 | #1,385 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 22 | #1,582 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 33 | #1,260 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 20 | #1,670 | 0.01 |
| 1947 | 39 | #1,164 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 17 | #1,780 | 0.01 |
| 1945 | 33 | #1,144 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 36 | #1,112 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 18 | #1,721 | 0.01 |
| 1942 | 40 | #1,077 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 31 | #1,194 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,236 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 26 | #1,303 | 0.02 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,227 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 22 | #1,462 | 0.02 |
| 1936 | 31 | #1,188 | 0.03 |
| 1935 | 32 | #1,174 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 40 | #1,028 | 0.04 |
| 1933 | 44 | #951 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 44 | #997 | 0.04 |
| 1931 | 37 | #1,113 | 0.04 |
| 1930 | 58 | #869 | 0.05 |
| 1929 | 44 | #1,032 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 71 | #770 | 0.06 |
| 1927 | 61 | #867 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 70 | #777 | 0.06 |
| 1925 | 66 | #821 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 62 | #872 | 0.05 |
| 1923 | 80 | #730 | 0.07 |
| 1922 | 81 | #732 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 91 | #678 | 0.08 |
| 1920 | 99 | #633 | 0.09 |
| 1919 | 73 | #753 | 0.07 |
| 1918 | 82 | #695 | 0.08 |
| 1917 | 67 | #767 | 0.07 |
| 1916 | 70 | #717 | 0.08 |
| 1915 | 86 | #625 | 0.10 |
| 1914 | 52 | #726 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 59 | #566 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 37 | #706 | 0.09 |
| 1911 | 38 | #472 | 0.17 |
| 1910 | 19 | #684 | 0.10 |
| 1909 | 26 | #508 | 0.16 |
| 1908 | 13 | #757 | 0.08 |
| 1907 | 18 | #599 | 0.12 |
| 1906 | 19 | #527 | 0.14 |
| 1905 | 18 | #553 | 0.14 |
| 1904 | 19 | #499 | 0.15 |
| 1903 | 27 | #375 | 0.23 |
| 1902 | 13 | #619 | 0.11 |
| 1901 | 13 | #571 | 0.12 |
| 1900 | 27 | #437 | 0.18 |
| 1899 | 13 | #561 | 0.12 |
| 1898 | 13 | #616 | 0.11 |
| 1897 | 13 | #589 | 0.12 |
| 1896 | 21 | #429 | 0.18 |
| 1895 | 31 | #333 | 0.26 |
| 1894 | 19 | #443 | 0.16 |
| 1893 | 19 | #421 | 0.17 |
| 1892 | 19 | #450 | 0.16 |
| 1891 | 14 | #484 | 0.14 |
| 1890 | 24 | #362 | 0.22 |
| 1889 | 24 | #362 | 0.22 |
| 1888 | 30 | #335 | 0.25 |
| 1887 | 9 | #648 | 0.09 |
| 1886 | 24 | #349 | 0.22 |
| 1885 | 20 | #403 | 0.19 |
| 1884 | 25 | #352 | 0.22 |
| 1883 | 25 | #332 | 0.24 |
| 1882 | 22 | #379 | 0.19 |
| 1881 | 24 | #335 | 0.24 |
| 1880 | 34 | #285 | 0.31 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Emmet a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Emmet has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 145 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Emmet: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Emmet, and how old are they?
4,380 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 63% of the 6,966 Americans ever recorded as Emmet. The median Emmet alive today is 13 years old; half are between 8 and 25.
The 2020 Census counted 3,989 people named Emmet (33 women and girls, 3,956 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,856 born in the U.S. The Census count is 3% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 111 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 264 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 220 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 309 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,250 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,220 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Emmet born?
The states with the most babies named Emmet are California, Pennsylvania and Texas, with 81% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 12 | #1,460 | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,030 | 0.3× |
| Texas | 6 | #2,363 | 0.3× |
| Minnesota | 6 | #732 | 1.1× |
Where Emmet is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Emmet is most over-represented in Iowa: since 1910 it was given 1.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Emmet with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 106,104 babies since 1880, Emmet is the third most given (6.6% of them). In 2025 it was given to 110 of their 3,498 babies (3.1%), again the third most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Emmet
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Emmet and names like it
- Compare Emmet and EmmettBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sEmmet peaked in 2015.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Emmet since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Emmet: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2015The year the most babies were named Emmet.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Emmet alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.