How Many People Are Named Emmett?
people named Emmett are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,785 people in the US has this name
Based on 78,872 babies named Emmett in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
3,681 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From an English surname which was derived from a diminutive of the feminine given name EMMA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Emmett in English. Counting Emmett and these spellings together, about 63,478 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Emmett (99.6%) were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Emmett alive today is about 16 years old, and 85% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 15 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Emmett first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 2021, to 3,681 babies. In 2025, 2,973 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Emmett has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #103, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #121.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #121 |
| Best rank | #103 (2021) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #147 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Emmett alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Emmett were born in California than in any other state: about 4,468 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Emmett was given 1.9 times as often in Montana, 1.9 times in Vermont and 1.7 times in Alaska.
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