Emmit
Emmit was given to 35 boys in 2025, #3,333 among boys’ names; 4,260 Americans have been recorded with it since 1882 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,400 Americans named Emmit and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (56% of everyone recorded); the median is 14 years old and half are between 9 and 34.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Emmit by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Emmit?
#3,333 among boys’ names, 2025
Emmit fell from #1,408 in 2015 to #3,333 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 63.6 to 20.5 per million.
137 babies in 2012, the peak
Emmit peaked in 2012, when 137 boys were given it, #1,281 among boys’ names. The 35 births of 2025 are 26% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #3,333 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 34 | #3,408 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 44 | #2,854 | 0.03 |
| 2022 | 59 | #2,385 | 0.03 |
| 2021 | 74 | #2,004 | 0.04 |
| 2020 | 85 | #1,780 | 0.05 |
| 2019 | 81 | #1,853 | 0.05 |
| 2018 | 96 | #1,666 | 0.05 |
| 2017 | 104 | #1,572 | 0.06 |
| 2016 | 121 | #1,435 | 0.06 |
Every recorded year (137)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 122 | #1,408 | 0.06 |
| 2014 | 120 | #1,404 | 0.06 |
| 2013 | 129 | #1,331 | 0.07 |
| 2012 | 137 | #1,281 | 0.07 |
| 2011 | 97 | #1,589 | 0.05 |
| 2010 | 73 | #1,929 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 41 | #2,916 | 0.02 |
| 2008 | 43 | #2,797 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,462 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 36 | #3,043 | 0.02 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,260 | 0.02 |
| 2004 | 33 | #3,036 | 0.02 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,758 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,379 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,168 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 11 | #6,031 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,617 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,718 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,928 | 0.01 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,444 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,916 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,358 | 0.01 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,935 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,350 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,479 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 6 | #7,261 | under 0.01 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,532 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,353 | under 0.01 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,504 | under 0.01 |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,620 | under 0.01 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,694 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 10 | #4,028 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,676 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 7 | #5,104 | under 0.01 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,054 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,688 | under 0.01 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,932 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,807 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 12 | #3,005 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,074 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,422 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,455 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,326 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 20 | #1,881 | 0.01 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,054 | 0.01 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,654 | 0.01 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,260 | 0.01 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,668 | 0.01 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,138 | 0.01 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,424 | under 0.01 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,213 | 0.01 |
| 1961 | 14 | #2,272 | 0.01 |
| 1960 | 19 | #1,873 | 0.01 |
| 1959 | 19 | #1,880 | 0.01 |
| 1958 | 27 | #1,514 | 0.01 |
| 1957 | 27 | #1,521 | 0.01 |
| 1956 | 27 | #1,516 | 0.01 |
| 1955 | 18 | #1,862 | 0.01 |
| 1954 | 16 | #1,984 | 0.01 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,061 | 0.01 |
| 1952 | 23 | #1,591 | 0.01 |
| 1951 | 24 | #1,532 | 0.01 |
| 1950 | 18 | #1,760 | 0.01 |
| 1949 | 30 | #1,328 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 27 | #1,411 | 0.02 |
| 1947 | 40 | #1,153 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 30 | #1,281 | 0.02 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,279 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 15 | #1,835 | 0.01 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,409 | 0.02 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,432 | 0.02 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,426 | 0.02 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,112 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 44 | #946 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 42 | #983 | 0.04 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,191 | 0.03 |
| 1936 | 51 | #854 | 0.05 |
| 1935 | 31 | #1,207 | 0.03 |
| 1934 | 34 | #1,135 | 0.03 |
| 1933 | 42 | #985 | 0.04 |
| 1932 | 47 | #953 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 62 | #797 | 0.06 |
| 1930 | 48 | #983 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 55 | #905 | 0.05 |
| 1928 | 56 | #893 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 53 | #954 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 48 | #997 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 77 | #750 | 0.07 |
| 1924 | 46 | #1,048 | 0.04 |
| 1923 | 65 | #843 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 71 | #795 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 66 | #850 | 0.06 |
| 1920 | 52 | #961 | 0.05 |
| 1919 | 73 | #754 | 0.07 |
| 1918 | 59 | #861 | 0.06 |
| 1917 | 53 | #876 | 0.06 |
| 1916 | 49 | #901 | 0.06 |
| 1915 | 54 | #836 | 0.06 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,198 | 0.04 |
| 1913 | 25 | #1,002 | 0.05 |
| 1912 | 24 | #922 | 0.06 |
| 1911 | 16 | #836 | 0.07 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,140 | 0.05 |
| 1909 | 16 | #692 | 0.10 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,045 | 0.05 |
| 1907 | 14 | #713 | 0.10 |
| 1906 | 13 | #687 | 0.10 |
| 1905 | 11 | #758 | 0.08 |
| 1904 | 8 | #912 | 0.06 |
| 1903 | 7 | #939 | 0.06 |
| 1902 | 7 | #959 | 0.06 |
| 1901 | 9 | #744 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 12 | #754 | 0.08 |
| 1899 | 13 | #562 | 0.12 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,110 | 0.04 |
| 1896 | 8 | #845 | 0.07 |
| 1895 | 9 | #754 | 0.08 |
| 1894 | 8 | #805 | 0.07 |
| 1893 | 13 | #548 | 0.12 |
| 1892 | 7 | #880 | 0.06 |
| 1891 | 6 | #880 | 0.06 |
| 1889 | 7 | #824 | 0.06 |
| 1888 | 8 | #771 | 0.07 |
| 1886 | 15 | #480 | 0.14 |
| 1884 | 7 | #799 | 0.06 |
| 1883 | 5 | #941 | 0.05 |
| 1882 | 5 | #980 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Emmit a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Emmit has been recorded only for boys: SSA lists no girls with the name in 137 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Emmit: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Emmit, and how old are they?
2,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 56% of the 4,260 Americans ever recorded as Emmit. The median Emmit alive today is 14 years old; half are between 9 and 34.
The 2020 Census counted 2,051 people named Emmit (20 women and girls, 2,031 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,256 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 107 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 261 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 151 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 137 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 644 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 1,100 |
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 Emmit born?
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 5 | #2,685 | 0.7× |
Where Emmit is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Emmit is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 3.1 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 Emmit 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, Emmit is the fourth most given (4.0% of them). In 2025 it was given to 35 of their 3,498 babies (1.0%), again the fourth 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 Emmit
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 Emmit and names like it
- Compare Emmit and EmmettBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sEmmit peaked in 2012.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Emmit since 1910.
- The top names of 2012The year the most babies were named Emmit.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Emmit alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.