Emmitt Boy
How popular is Emmitt?
#769 boy name in 2025
333 baby boys were named Emmitt in the US in 2025, making it the 769th most popular boy name. Another 6 girls got the name (#13,204 for girls).
Emmitt popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #769 for boys (▼ 89 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 333 boys, 6 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-30% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #583 in 2015, #510 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (571 boys) |
| Highest rank | #421 in 1905 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 100% boys, 0% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Emmitt counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Emmitt family of names ranked #677 for boys in 2025 (#608 the year before), with 376 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Emmitt | 333 | 89% |
| Emmit | 35 | 9% |
| Emitt | 8 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Emmitt is most popular
Babies named Emmitt per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Wyoming: 0.9 per 1,000 (5 boys)
- Iowa: 0.6 per 1,000 (43 boys)
- Indiana: 0.6 per 1,000 (96 boys)
- Kentucky: 0.6 per 1,000 (56 boys)
- New Hampshire: 0.5 per 1,000 (12 boys)
Emmitt by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 111 | #451 |
| 1890s | 139 | #497 |
| 1900s | 214 | #421 |
| 1910s | 655 | #512 |
| 1920s | 1,000 | #574 |
| 1930s | 788 | #605 |
| 1940s | 849 | #655 |
| 1950s | 860 | #658 |
| 1960s | 560 | #914 |
| 1970s | 392 | #1,163 |
| 1980s | 259 | #1,693 |
| 1990s | 522 | #1,332 |
| 2000s | 787 | #1,226 |
| 2010s | 4,386 | #500 |
| 2020s | 2,716 | #510 |
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Questions
- Is Emmitt a boy or girl name?
- Emmitt is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Emmitt were boys.
- How popular is the name Emmitt?
- 333 baby boys were named Emmitt in the US in 2025, making it the 769th most popular boy name. Another 6 girls got the name (#13,204 for girls).
- When was Emmitt most popular?
- Emmitt peaked in 2019, when 571 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #421 in 1905.
- How many people are named Emmitt?
- 14,249 babies have been named Emmitt in the US since 1880. We estimate about 10,556 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 11.
- Where is Emmitt most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Emmitt was most common in Wyoming, at 0.9 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.