Emmett

Boy name

Emmett has been given to 78,872 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 2021 and currently ranks #121 for boys (2025).

Meaning & origin

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

Origin: surnames

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

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Total babies

78,872

Peak year

2021 (3,681 babies)

Rank in 2025

#121 for boys

First recorded

1880

10-year trend

▼ -3%

Gender split

0% girls / 100% boys

Van Heflin

American actor (1908–1971)

Emmett Till

African-American lynching victim (1941–1955)

Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).

Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Emmett.

78,710 babies since 1926

79,211 babies since 1915

80,441 babies since 1907

76,027 babies since 1882

75,649 babies since 1880

74,854 babies since 1880

74,452 babies since 1880

83,525 babies since 1914

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