# Emmitt (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/emmitt/  
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, Emmott |
| US babies named this | 14,249 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 14,238 / 11 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3, 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | 15,984 |
| 2025 | 6 | 13,720 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 284 | 785 |
| 2012 | 359 | 660 |
| 2013 | 394 | 623 |
| 2014 | 442 | 606 |
| 2015 | 477 | 583 |
| 2016 | 565 | 523 |
| 2017 | 529 | 536 |
| 2018 | 523 | 537 |
| 2019 | 571 | 501 |
| 2020 | 560 | 510 |
| 2021 | 536 | 545 |
| 2022 | 470 | 598 |
| 2023 | 415 | 660 |
| 2024 | 402 | 680 |
| 2025 | 333 | 770 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | 4,702 |

## People named Emmitt

- Emmitt Smith, American football player (born 1969)

## 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.