The first name Emmet

In 2025, 4 boys were named Emmet, making it the 4,275th most popular boys’ name. It peaked in 2015, with 14 births (#1,673).

Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Emmet with other names.

In 2025, 110 boys born in the United States were named Emmet, the 1,555th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 2015, when 262 were.

US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.

• 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, 1892–1968
• Robert Barron
  American bishop of the Roman Catholic Church, author, scholar and Catholic evangelist., born 1959
• Robert E. Sherwood
  American writer (1896–1955)
• Robert Lighthizer
  Former US Trade Representative, born 1947

• Tyler
• Alfred
• Blake
• Grayson
• Stanley
• Tom
• Wyatt
• Miles
• Brandon
• Maxwell
• Landon
• Bradley
• Spencer
• Wesley
• Colton
• Hugh

All 216 names of English origin

What does the name Emmet mean?

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

What is the origin of the name Emmet?

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

How popular is the name Emmet?

In 2025, 4 boys born in England and Wales were named Emmet, ranking 4,275th. Its peak was 2015, with 14 births.

Is Emmet a boy's or a girl's name?

Mostly a boy's name: 100% of the 6,966 US babies named Emmet since 1880 were boys.

When was Emmet most popular?

2015 in the United States, when 262 babies were named Emmet, its highest rank at 860th.

What are other spellings of Emmet?

Emmett.

Is Emmet also a surname?

Yes. Emmet is used as a surname as well as a first name; its surname page has the origin and how many people carry it.