Emmit — #3387 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Emmit

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,223 babies named Emmit between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Emmit currently holds the #3387 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 137 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Emmit performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,079 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Emmit shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 226 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Mississippi and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Emmit in 27 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Emmit 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 4,223 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.