# Emmett (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/emmett/  
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 | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 78,872 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 78,564 / 308 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 816, 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, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 17,599 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10,664 |
| 2013 | 6 | 15,208 |
| 2014 | 12 | 9,149 |
| 2015 | 13 | 8,608 |
| 2016 | 16 | 7,361 |
| 2017 | 13 | 8,443 |
| 2018 | 17 | 6,896 |
| 2019 | 22 | 5,670 |
| 2020 | 20 | 5,929 |
| 2021 | 18 | 6,484 |
| 2022 | 23 | 5,517 |
| 2023 | 26 | 5,036 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6,728 |
| 2025 | 23 | 5,457 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,609 | 220 |
| 2012 | 2,027 | 186 |
| 2013 | 2,360 | 173 |
| 2014 | 2,639 | 156 |
| 2015 | 3,043 | 139 |
| 2016 | 3,046 | 136 |
| 2017 | 3,169 | 124 |
| 2018 | 3,435 | 114 |
| 2019 | 3,555 | 107 |
| 2020 | 3,406 | 107 |
| 2021 | 3,663 | 103 |
| 2022 | 3,324 | 116 |
| 2023 | 3,076 | 117 |
| 2024 | 3,010 | 119 |
| 2025 | 2,950 | 121 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 15 | 1,522 |
| 2012 | 23 | 1,152 |
| 2013 | 37 | 821 |
| 2014 | 45 | 714 |
| 2015 | 52 | 656 |
| 2016 | 47 | 726 |
| 2017 | 63 | 591 |
| 2018 | 65 | 572 |
| 2019 | 57 | 628 |
| 2020 | 64 | 568 |
| 2021 | 56 | 650 |
| 2022 | 58 | 620 |
| 2023 | 58 | 614 |
| 2024 | 61 | 622 |
| 2025 | 50 | 702 |

## People named Emmett

- Emmett Till, African-American lynching victim (1941–1955)
- Emmett Toppino, athletics competitor (1909–1971)
- Gerald Emmett Carter, Canadian Catholic cardinal (1912–2003)
- Emmett Chapman, American musician (1936–2021)
- Emmett Dalton, American outlaw (1871-1937)
- Emmett Leith, American physicist and engineer (1927–2005)
- Emmett Shear, American businessperson
- Emmett Kelly, American clown (1898–1979)
- Emmett Vogan, actor (1893-1969)
- Charles Emmett Mack, American actor (1895–1927)
- Emmett L. Bennett, Jr., American classicist
- Emmett J. Flynn, American film director (1892–1937)

## 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.