# Emmet (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/emmet/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Emmett |
| US babies named this | 6,966 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 6,966 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 125, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From a Middle English diminutive of the female given name Emma.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 147 | 1,202 |
| 2012 | 158 | 1,157 |
| 2013 | 174 | 1,078 |
| 2014 | 220 | 961 |
| 2015 | 262 | 860 |
| 2016 | 243 | 896 |
| 2017 | 220 | 949 |
| 2018 | 194 | 1,047 |
| 2019 | 190 | 1,072 |
| 2020 | 141 | 1,289 |
| 2021 | 115 | 1,531 |
| 2022 | 122 | 1,482 |
| 2023 | 136 | 1,370 |
| 2024 | 108 | 1,592 |
| 2025 | 110 | 1,555 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2008 | 3 | 4,432 |
| 2011 | 5 | 3,300 |
| 2012 | 5 | 3,416 |
| 2013 | 6 | 2,954 |
| 2014 | 10 | 2,079 |
| 2015 | 14 | 1,673 |
| 2016 | 8 | 2,556 |
| 2017 | 8 | 2,512 |
| 2018 | 7 | 2,693 |
| 2020 | 5 | 3,334 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,451 |
| 2022 | 8 | 2,529 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,107 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,275 |

## People named Emmet

- Emmet D. Boyle, American politician (1879-1926)
- Emmet Fox, American New Thought writer (1886–1951)
- Emmet O'Neal, American politician (1853-1922)
- Ellen Emmet Rand, American painter (1875-1941)
- Emmet Reid Blake, American zoologist (1908-1997)
- Emmet M. Walsh, Catholic bishop
- Robert Barron, American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, author, scholar and Catholic evangelist.
- Robert E. Sherwood, American writer (1896–1955)
- Robert Lighthizer, former US Trade Representative

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.