Meaning not yet researched.
Emmet: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 110 in 2025. Its best rank was #285 in 1880.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #285 in 1880; #1,555 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Emmet in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#1,555 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1880, at #285.
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Emmet: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 110 boys in 2025. Peak: #285 in 1880 · most boys in one year: 262 (2015).
In 2025, 110 US boys were named Emmet, making it the 1,555th most common boys’ name of the year, up 37 places from #1,592 in 2024. That is 2 more than the 108 boys named Emmet in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #285, reached in 1880. The most boys given the name in a single year was 262, in 2015. For comparison, it was #860 in 2015 and #1,583 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Emmet in 145 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 34 babies. In all, 6,966 US babies have been given the name, all of them boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 1,940 babies named Emmet.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 1,579 US boys were named Emmet; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 243. In 2025 that was about 1 in 15,528 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Emmet ranked highest in Minnesota in 2025, at #732 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Emmett (78,872 babies since 1880), Emmitt (14,249 babies since 1880) and Emmit (4,260 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Emeterio are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Emeterio (377).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Emmet in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 47 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Minnesota | 6 | #732 | #553 |
| Pennsylvania | 7 | #1,030 | #630 |
| California | 12 | #1,460 | #920 |
| Texas | 6 | #2,363 | #1,390 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 110 | #1,555 |
| 2024 | — | — | 108 | #1,592 |
| 2023 | — | — | 136 | #1,370 |
| 2022 | — | — | 122 | #1,482 |
| 2021 | — | — | 115 | #1,531 |
| 2020 | — | — | 141 | #1,289 |
| 2019 | — | — | 190 | #1,072 |
| 2018 | — | — | 194 | #1,047 |
| 2017 | — | — | 220 | #949 |
| 2016 | — | — | 243 | #896 |
| 2015 | — | — | 262 | #860 |
| 2014 | — | — | 220 | #961 |
| 2013 | — | — | 174 | #1,078 |
| 2012 | — | — | 158 | #1,157 |
| 2011 | — | — | 147 | #1,202 |
| 2010 | — | — | 132 | #1,300 |
| 2009 | — | — | 103 | #1,575 |
| 2008 | — | — | 82 | #1,806 |
| 2007 | — | — | 78 | #1,851 |
| 2006 | — | — | 80 | #1,746 |
| 2005 | — | — | 93 | #1,528 |
| 2004 | — | — | 74 | #1,723 |
| 2003 | — | — | 66 | #1,803 |
| 2002 | — | — | 49 | #2,164 |
| 2001 | — | — | 47 | #2,189 |
| 2000 | — | — | 46 | #2,181 |
| 1999 | — | — | 40 | #2,275 |
| 1998 | — | — | 36 | #2,412 |
| 1997 | — | — | 41 | #2,141 |
| 1996 | — | — | 45 | #1,966 |
| 1995 | — | — | 36 | #2,225 |
| 1994 | — | — | 43 | #1,940 |
| 1993 | — | — | 26 | #2,734 |
| 1992 | — | — | 20 | #3,254 |
| 1991 | — | — | 22 | #2,934 |
| 1990 | — | — | 18 | #3,357 |
| 1989 | — | — | 15 | #3,678 |
| 1988 | — | — | 17 | #3,114 |
| 1987 | — | — | 10 | #4,348 |
| 1986 | — | — | 7 | #5,509 |
| 1985 | — | — | 12 | #3,658 |
| 1984 | — | — | 10 | #4,010 |
| 1983 | — | — | 15 | #2,961 |
| 1982 | — | — | 15 | #3,015 |
| 1981 | — | — | 12 | #3,479 |
| 1980 | — | — | 19 | #2,566 |
| 1979 | — | — | 19 | #2,495 |
| 1977 | — | — | 11 | #3,453 |
| 1976 | — | — | 11 | #3,339 |
| 1975 | — | — | 21 | #2,151 |
| 1974 | — | — | 12 | #3,006 |
| 1973 | — | — | 20 | #2,069 |
| 1972 | — | — | 16 | #2,357 |
| 1971 | — | — | 17 | #2,309 |
| 1970 | — | — | 17 | #2,229 |
| 1969 | — | — | 20 | #1,881 |
| 1968 | — | — | 10 | #2,793 |
| 1967 | — | — | 23 | #1,620 |
| 1966 | — | — | 12 | #2,372 |
| 1965 | — | — | 22 | #1,687 |
| 1964 | — | — | 14 | #2,244 |
| 1963 | — | — | 22 | #1,712 |
| 1962 | — | — | 16 | #2,062 |
| 1961 | — | — | 12 | #2,456 |
| 1960 | — | — | 16 | #2,061 |
| 1959 | — | — | 20 | #1,819 |
| 1958 | — | — | 21 | #1,742 |
| 1957 | — | — | 20 | #1,808 |
| 1956 | — | — | 29 | #1,457 |
| 1955 | — | — | 19 | #1,808 |
| 1954 | — | — | 13 | #2,238 |
| 1953 | — | — | 25 | #1,527 |
| 1952 | — | — | 24 | #1,559 |
| 1951 | — | — | 29 | #1,386 |
| 1950 | — | — | 22 | #1,583 |
| 1949 | — | — | 33 | #1,261 |
| 1948 | — | — | 20 | #1,671 |
| 1947 | — | — | 39 | #1,165 |
| 1946 | — | — | 17 | #1,781 |
| 1945 | — | — | 33 | #1,145 |
| 1944 | — | — | 36 | #1,112 |
| 1943 | — | — | 18 | #1,722 |
| 1942 | — | — | 40 | #1,077 |
| 1941 | — | — | 31 | #1,194 |
| 1940 | — | — | 30 | #1,236 |
| 1939 | — | — | 26 | #1,303 |
| 1938 | — | — | 29 | #1,227 |
| 1937 | — | — | 22 | #1,462 |
| 1936 | — | — | 31 | #1,188 |
| 1935 | — | — | 32 | #1,174 |
| 1934 | — | — | 40 | #1,028 |
| 1933 | — | — | 44 | #951 |
| 1932 | — | — | 44 | #997 |
| 1931 | — | — | 37 | #1,113 |
| 1930 | — | — | 58 | #869 |
| 1929 | — | — | 44 | #1,032 |
| 1928 | — | — | 71 | #770 |
| 1927 | — | — | 61 | #867 |
| 1926 | — | — | 70 | #777 |
| 1925 | — | — | 66 | #821 |
| 1924 | — | — | 62 | #872 |
| 1923 | — | — | 80 | #730 |
| 1922 | — | — | 81 | #732 |
| 1921 | — | — | 91 | #678 |
| 1920 | — | — | 99 | #633 |
| 1919 | — | — | 73 | #753 |
| 1918 | — | — | 82 | #695 |
| 1917 | — | — | 67 | #767 |
| 1916 | — | — | 70 | #717 |
| 1915 | — | — | 86 | #625 |
| 1914 | — | — | 52 | #726 |
| 1913 | — | — | 59 | #566 |
| 1912 | — | — | 37 | #706 |
| 1911 | — | — | 38 | #472 |
| 1910 | — | — | 19 | #684 |
| 1909 | — | — | 26 | #508 |
| 1908 | — | — | 13 | #757 |
| 1907 | — | — | 18 | #599 |
| 1906 | — | — | 19 | #527 |
| 1905 | — | — | 18 | #553 |
| 1904 | — | — | 19 | #499 |
| 1903 | — | — | 27 | #375 |
| 1902 | — | — | 13 | #620 |
| 1901 | — | — | 13 | #571 |
| 1900 | — | — | 27 | #437 |
| 1899 | — | — | 13 | #561 |
| 1898 | — | — | 13 | #617 |
| 1897 | — | — | 13 | #589 |
| 1896 | — | — | 21 | #429 |
| 1895 | — | — | 31 | #333 |
| 1894 | — | — | 19 | #443 |
| 1893 | — | — | 19 | #421 |
| 1892 | — | — | 19 | #450 |
| 1891 | — | — | 14 | #484 |
| 1890 | — | — | 24 | #362 |
| 1889 | — | — | 24 | #362 |
| 1888 | — | — | 30 | #335 |
| 1887 | — | — | 9 | #648 |
| 1886 | — | — | 24 | #349 |
| 1885 | — | — | 20 | #403 |
| 1884 | — | — | 25 | #352 |
| 1883 | — | — | 25 | #332 |
| 1882 | — | — | 22 | #379 |
| 1881 | — | — | 24 | #335 |
| 1880 | — | — | 34 | #285 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).