Emmitt
Emmitt was given to 333 boys in 2025, #770 among boys’ names; 14,249 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 10,400 Americans named Emmitt and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (73% of everyone recorded); the median is 11 years old and half are between 6 and 26.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Emmitt by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Emmitt mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Emmitt 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 Emmitt?
#770 among boys’ names, 2025
Emmitt fell from #583 in 2015 to #770 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.25 to 0.19 per 1,000.
571 babies in 2019, the peak
Emmitt peaked in 2019, when 571 boys were given it, #501 among boys’ names. The 339 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 59% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 333 | #770 | 0.19 |
| 2024 | 402 | #680 | 0.23 |
| 2023 | 415 | #660 | 0.24 |
| 2022 | 470 | #598 | 0.27 |
| 2021 | 536 | #545 | 0.31 |
| 2020 | 560 | #510 | 0.32 |
| 2019 | 571 | #501 | 0.32 |
| 2018 | 523 | #537 | 0.29 |
| 2017 | 529 | #536 | 0.29 |
| 2016 | 565 | #523 | 0.30 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 477 | #583 | 0.25 |
| 2014 | 442 | #606 | 0.23 |
| 2013 | 394 | #623 | 0.21 |
| 2012 | 359 | #660 | 0.19 |
| 2011 | 284 | #785 | 0.15 |
| 2010 | 242 | #870 | 0.13 |
| 2009 | 146 | #1,229 | 0.07 |
| 2008 | 112 | #1,469 | 0.05 |
| 2007 | 107 | #1,490 | 0.05 |
| 2006 | 90 | #1,606 | 0.04 |
| 2005 | 84 | #1,619 | 0.04 |
| 2004 | 51 | #2,251 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 58 | #1,988 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 45 | #2,303 | 0.02 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,058 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 43 | #2,261 | 0.02 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,108 | 0.02 |
| 1998 | 57 | #1,771 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 63 | #1,608 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 81 | #1,337 | 0.04 |
| 1995 | 69 | #1,432 | 0.04 |
| 1994 | 71 | #1,383 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 58 | #1,557 | 0.03 |
| 1992 | 30 | #2,419 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 27 | #2,559 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,987 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,809 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 26 | #2,320 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,753 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 37 | #1,699 | 0.02 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,881 | 0.02 |
| 1984 | 29 | #1,899 | 0.02 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,961 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,360 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 27 | #2,009 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 32 | #1,776 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 40 | #1,493 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 36 | #1,580 | 0.02 |
| 1977 | 34 | #1,621 | 0.02 |
| 1976 | 34 | #1,579 | 0.02 |
| 1975 | 36 | #1,483 | 0.02 |
| 1974 | 36 | #1,447 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 37 | #1,383 | 0.02 |
| 1972 | 49 | #1,167 | 0.03 |
| 1971 | 41 | #1,315 | 0.02 |
| 1970 | 49 | #1,183 | 0.03 |
| 1969 | 46 | #1,155 | 0.03 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,104 | 0.03 |
| 1967 | 50 | #1,037 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 51 | #1,020 | 0.03 |
| 1965 | 62 | #940 | 0.03 |
| 1964 | 51 | #1,064 | 0.03 |
| 1963 | 64 | #938 | 0.03 |
| 1962 | 61 | #974 | 0.03 |
| 1961 | 69 | #919 | 0.03 |
| 1960 | 60 | #987 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 77 | #871 | 0.04 |
| 1958 | 71 | #897 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 77 | #854 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 82 | #823 | 0.04 |
| 1955 | 68 | #900 | 0.03 |
| 1954 | 83 | #788 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 99 | #716 | 0.05 |
| 1952 | 90 | #742 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 113 | #658 | 0.06 |
| 1950 | 100 | #682 | 0.06 |
| 1949 | 92 | #716 | 0.05 |
| 1948 | 87 | #718 | 0.05 |
| 1947 | 78 | #780 | 0.04 |
| 1946 | 78 | #746 | 0.05 |
| 1945 | 80 | #671 | 0.06 |
| 1944 | 86 | #669 | 0.06 |
| 1943 | 95 | #658 | 0.07 |
| 1942 | 93 | #668 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 85 | #664 | 0.07 |
| 1940 | 75 | #699 | 0.06 |
| 1939 | 85 | #643 | 0.08 |
| 1938 | 78 | #685 | 0.07 |
| 1937 | 78 | #678 | 0.07 |
| 1936 | 64 | #758 | 0.06 |
| 1935 | 92 | #607 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 72 | #722 | 0.07 |
| 1933 | 87 | #620 | 0.09 |
| 1932 | 76 | #712 | 0.07 |
| 1931 | 80 | #669 | 0.08 |
| 1930 | 76 | #723 | 0.07 |
| 1929 | 76 | #715 | 0.07 |
| 1928 | 108 | #595 | 0.10 |
| 1927 | 100 | #630 | 0.09 |
| 1926 | 90 | #667 | 0.08 |
| 1925 | 96 | #650 | 0.09 |
| 1924 | 104 | #630 | 0.09 |
| 1923 | 102 | #635 | 0.09 |
| 1922 | 123 | #576 | 0.11 |
| 1921 | 98 | #652 | 0.09 |
| 1920 | 103 | #625 | 0.10 |
| 1919 | 115 | #558 | 0.12 |
| 1918 | 79 | #713 | 0.08 |
| 1917 | 80 | #669 | 0.09 |
| 1916 | 76 | #681 | 0.09 |
| 1915 | 90 | #606 | 0.11 |
| 1914 | 54 | #704 | 0.08 |
| 1913 | 56 | #587 | 0.11 |
| 1912 | 45 | #617 | 0.10 |
| 1911 | 30 | #552 | 0.13 |
| 1910 | 30 | #515 | 0.15 |
| 1909 | 31 | #455 | 0.19 |
| 1908 | 22 | #544 | 0.14 |
| 1907 | 18 | #600 | 0.12 |
| 1906 | 22 | #477 | 0.17 |
| 1905 | 26 | #424 | 0.20 |
| 1904 | 21 | #471 | 0.16 |
| 1903 | 22 | #438 | 0.18 |
| 1902 | 13 | #620 | 0.11 |
| 1901 | 16 | #492 | 0.15 |
| 1900 | 23 | #481 | 0.15 |
| 1899 | 12 | #590 | 0.11 |
| 1898 | 15 | #550 | 0.12 |
| 1897 | 15 | #525 | 0.13 |
| 1896 | 14 | #563 | 0.12 |
| 1895 | 16 | #511 | 0.14 |
| 1894 | 16 | #506 | 0.14 |
| 1893 | 13 | #549 | 0.12 |
| 1892 | 16 | #502 | 0.13 |
| 1891 | 9 | #659 | 0.09 |
| 1890 | 13 | #544 | 0.12 |
| 1889 | 14 | #506 | 0.13 |
| 1888 | 14 | #535 | 0.12 |
| 1887 | 11 | #557 | 0.11 |
| 1886 | 16 | #458 | 0.14 |
| 1885 | 11 | #584 | 0.10 |
| 1884 | 10 | #628 | 0.09 |
| 1883 | 7 | #751 | 0.07 |
| 1882 | 11 | #585 | 0.10 |
| 1881 | 10 | #572 | 0.10 |
| 1880 | 7 | #770 | 0.06 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Emmitt a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Emmitt has been given almost only to boys: 11 girls in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Emmitt: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Emmitt, and how old are they?
10,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 73% of the 14,249 Americans ever recorded as Emmitt. The median Emmitt alive today is 11 years old; half are between 6 and 26.
The 2020 Census counted 7,268 people named Emmitt (32 women and girls, 7,236 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 8,273 born in the U.S. The Census count is 12% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 290 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 971 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 595 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 558 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,810 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 6,180 |
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 Emmitt born?
The states with the most babies named Emmitt are Texas, California and Ohio, with 28% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 30 | #858 | 1.2× |
| California | 27 | #869 | 0.4× |
| Ohio | 20 | #521 | 0.8× |
| Indiana | 19 | #382 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 18 | #533 | 0.4× |
| Missouri | 15 | #424 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 14 | #971 | 0.6× |
| Tennessee | 13 | #561 | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 13 | #690 | 0.7× |
| Minnesota | 11 | #487 | 1.0× |
Where Emmitt is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Emmitt is most over-represented in Mississippi: since 1910 it was given 2.1 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 Emmitt 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 7 names spelled alike, given to 105,725 babies since 1880, Emmitt is the second most given (13% of them). In 2025 it was given to 339 of their 3,470 babies (9.8%), again the second 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 Emmitt
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 Emmitt and names like it
- Compare Emmitt and EmmettBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sEmmitt peaked in 2019.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Emmitt since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Emmitt: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2019The year the most babies were named Emmitt.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Emmitt alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with EMost given first.