How Many People Are Named Emmit?
people named Emmit are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 141,350 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,260 babies named Emmit in Social Security records from 1882 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
137 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Emmit in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Emmit alive today is about 26 years old, and 73% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 35 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Emmit first appears in the records in 1882 and was given most often in 2012, to 137 babies. In 2025, 35 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1882 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Emmit has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #480, in 1886. In 2025 it ranked #3,333.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,333 |
| Best rank | #480 (1886) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,510 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Emmit alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Emmit were born in California than in any other state: about 77 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Emmit was given 10.4 times as often in Mississippi, 3.1 times in Alabama and 2.8 times in Georgia.
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