Meaning not yet researched.
Emmitt: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 333 in 2025. Its best rank was #424 in 1905.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #424 in 1905; #770 in 2025. About 98% of babies named Emmitt in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#770 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1905, at #424.
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Emmitt: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 333 boys in 2025. Peak: #424 in 1905 · most boys in one year: 571 (2019).
In 2025, 333 US boys were named Emmitt, making it the 770th most common boys’ name of the year, down 90 places from #680 in 2024. That is 69 fewer than the 402 boys named Emmitt in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #424, reached in 1905. The most boys given the name in a single year was 571, in 2019. For comparison, it was #583 in 2015 and #683 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Emmitt in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 7 babies with the name. In all, 14,249 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.9% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 4,386 babies named Emmitt.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 4,904 US boys were named Emmitt; the busiest of those years was 2019, with 571. In 2025 that was about 1 in 5,129 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Emmitt ranked highest in Indiana in 2025, at #382 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), Emmet (6,966 babies since 1880) and Emmit (4,260 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Emit and Emitte 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: Emit (390), Emitte (5).
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 Emmitt 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 29 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 19 | #382 | #394 |
| Missouri | 15 | #424 | #398 |
| Mississippi | 7 | #436 | #390 |
| Minnesota | 11 | #487 | #372 |
| Kentucky | 9 | #494 | #471 |
| Ohio | 20 | #521 | #451 |
| Pennsylvania | 18 | #533 | #631 |
| Tennessee | 13 | #561 | #562 |
| Oklahoma | 7 | #578 | #660 |
| Wisconsin | 8 | #582 | #321 |
| Kansas | 5 | #622 | #614 |
| Alabama | 7 | #639 | #583 |
| Virginia | 11 | #639 | #1,036 |
| Arizona | 9 | #687 | #813 |
| North Carolina | 13 | #690 | #927 |
| Illinois | 11 | #769 | #605 |
| Maryland | 5 | #841 | #598 |
| Texas | 30 | #858 | #615 |
| Georgia | 10 | #868 | #678 |
| California | 27 | #869 | #642 |
| Florida | 14 | #971 | #886 |
| New York | 9 | #1,231 | #1,271 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #13,720 | 333 | #770 |
| 2024 | — | — | 402 | #680 |
| 2023 | — | — | 415 | #660 |
| 2022 | — | — | 470 | #598 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,984 | 536 | #545 |
| 2020 | — | — | 560 | #510 |
| 2019 | — | — | 571 | #501 |
| 2018 | — | — | 523 | #537 |
| 2017 | — | — | 529 | #536 |
| 2016 | — | — | 565 | #523 |
| 2015 | — | — | 477 | #583 |
| 2014 | — | — | 442 | #606 |
| 2013 | — | — | 394 | #623 |
| 2012 | — | — | 359 | #660 |
| 2011 | — | — | 284 | #785 |
| 2010 | — | — | 242 | #870 |
| 2009 | — | — | 146 | #1,229 |
| 2008 | — | — | 112 | #1,469 |
| 2007 | — | — | 107 | #1,490 |
| 2006 | — | — | 90 | #1,606 |
| 2005 | — | — | 84 | #1,621 |
| 2004 | — | — | 51 | #2,255 |
| 2003 | — | — | 58 | #1,992 |
| 2002 | — | — | 45 | #2,307 |
| 2001 | — | — | 51 | #2,062 |
| 2000 | — | — | 43 | #2,265 |
| 1999 | — | — | 45 | #2,111 |
| 1998 | — | — | 57 | #1,774 |
| 1997 | — | — | 63 | #1,611 |
| 1996 | — | — | 81 | #1,339 |
| 1995 | — | — | 69 | #1,437 |
| 1994 | — | — | 71 | #1,387 |
| 1993 | — | — | 58 | #1,562 |
| 1992 | — | — | 30 | #2,424 |
| 1991 | — | — | 27 | #2,565 |
| 1990 | — | — | 21 | #2,993 |
| 1989 | — | — | 22 | #2,815 |
| 1988 | — | — | 26 | #2,325 |
| 1987 | — | — | 19 | #2,757 |
| 1986 | — | — | 37 | #1,700 |
| 1985 | — | — | 31 | #1,882 |
| 1984 | — | — | 29 | #1,900 |
| 1983 | — | — | 15 | #2,962 |
| 1982 | — | — | 21 | #2,361 |
| 1981 | — | — | 27 | #2,010 |
| 1980 | — | — | 32 | #1,776 |
| 1979 | — | — | 40 | #1,493 |
| 1978 | — | — | 36 | #1,580 |
| 1977 | — | — | 34 | #1,621 |
| 1976 | — | — | 34 | #1,580 |
| 1975 | — | — | 36 | #1,484 |
| 1974 | — | — | 36 | #1,447 |
| 1973 | — | — | 37 | #1,383 |
| 1972 | — | — | 49 | #1,167 |
| 1971 | — | — | 41 | #1,315 |
| 1970 | — | — | 49 | #1,183 |
| 1969 | — | — | 46 | #1,155 |
| 1968 | — | — | 46 | #1,104 |
| 1967 | — | — | 50 | #1,037 |
| 1966 | — | — | 51 | #1,020 |
| 1965 | — | — | 62 | #940 |
| 1964 | — | — | 51 | #1,064 |
| 1963 | — | — | 64 | #939 |
| 1962 | — | — | 61 | #975 |
| 1961 | — | — | 69 | #920 |
| 1960 | — | — | 60 | #988 |
| 1959 | — | — | 77 | #872 |
| 1958 | — | — | 71 | #898 |
| 1957 | — | — | 77 | #855 |
| 1956 | — | — | 82 | #824 |
| 1955 | — | — | 68 | #901 |
| 1954 | — | — | 83 | #789 |
| 1953 | — | — | 99 | #717 |
| 1952 | — | — | 90 | #743 |
| 1951 | — | — | 113 | #659 |
| 1950 | — | — | 100 | #683 |
| 1949 | — | — | 92 | #717 |
| 1948 | — | — | 87 | #719 |
| 1947 | — | — | 78 | #781 |
| 1946 | — | — | 78 | #746 |
| 1945 | — | — | 80 | #671 |
| 1944 | — | — | 86 | #669 |
| 1943 | — | — | 95 | #658 |
| 1942 | — | — | 93 | #668 |
| 1941 | — | — | 85 | #664 |
| 1940 | — | — | 75 | #699 |
| 1939 | — | — | 85 | #643 |
| 1938 | — | — | 78 | #685 |
| 1937 | — | — | 78 | #678 |
| 1936 | — | — | 64 | #758 |
| 1935 | — | — | 92 | #607 |
| 1934 | — | — | 72 | #722 |
| 1933 | — | — | 87 | #620 |
| 1932 | — | — | 76 | #712 |
| 1931 | — | — | 80 | #669 |
| 1930 | — | — | 76 | #723 |
| 1929 | — | — | 76 | #715 |
| 1928 | — | — | 108 | #595 |
| 1927 | — | — | 100 | #630 |
| 1926 | — | — | 90 | #667 |
| 1925 | — | — | 96 | #650 |
| 1924 | — | — | 104 | #630 |
| 1923 | — | — | 102 | #635 |
| 1922 | — | — | 123 | #576 |
| 1921 | — | — | 98 | #652 |
| 1920 | — | — | 103 | #625 |
| 1919 | — | — | 115 | #558 |
| 1918 | — | — | 79 | #713 |
| 1917 | — | — | 80 | #669 |
| 1916 | — | — | 76 | #681 |
| 1915 | — | — | 90 | #606 |
| 1914 | — | — | 54 | #704 |
| 1913 | — | — | 56 | #587 |
| 1912 | — | — | 45 | #617 |
| 1911 | — | — | 30 | #552 |
| 1910 | — | — | 30 | #515 |
| 1909 | — | — | 31 | #455 |
| 1908 | — | — | 22 | #544 |
| 1907 | — | — | 18 | #600 |
| 1906 | — | — | 22 | #477 |
| 1905 | — | — | 26 | #424 |
| 1904 | — | — | 21 | #471 |
| 1903 | — | — | 22 | #438 |
| 1902 | — | — | 13 | #621 |
| 1901 | — | — | 16 | #492 |
| 1900 | — | — | 23 | #481 |
| 1899 | — | — | 12 | #590 |
| 1898 | — | — | 15 | #550 |
| 1897 | — | — | 15 | #525 |
| 1896 | — | — | 14 | #563 |
| 1895 | — | — | 16 | #511 |
| 1894 | — | — | 16 | #506 |
| 1893 | — | — | 13 | #549 |
| 1892 | — | — | 16 | #502 |
| 1891 | — | — | 9 | #659 |
| 1890 | — | — | 13 | #544 |
| 1889 | — | — | 14 | #506 |
| 1888 | — | — | 14 | #535 |
| 1887 | — | — | 11 | #557 |
| 1886 | — | — | 16 | #458 |
| 1885 | — | — | 11 | #584 |
| 1884 | — | — | 10 | #628 |
| 1883 | — | — | 7 | #751 |
| 1882 | — | — | 11 | #585 |
| 1881 | — | — | 10 | #572 |
| 1880 | — | — | 7 | #770 |
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).