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Emmitt

#770 in 2025Boys' name

Variant of Emmett

Emmitt has been given to 14,249 babies in the U.S. since 1880. In 2025 it ranked #770 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2019, with 571 recorded.

Babies named Emmitt, 2025

1 in 9,960

Emmitt over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
020040060018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Emmitt: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Emmett

surname transfer

What Emmitt means

Emmitt is a variant of Emmett.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

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

Excerpt from Wiktionary: Emmitt (English) · CC BY-SA 4.0

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Origin, language, and formation

Emmitt is used in English. Its origins include surname transfer.

Emmitt is recorded as a surname transferred into given-name use.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Emmett and Emma.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 14,238 boys were recorded with the name Emmitt between 1880 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 571 in 2019; its best national rank was #424 in 1905.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #510 in 2020 to #770 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #583 in 2015 to #770 in 2025.

In the United States, 11 girls were recorded with the name Emmitt between 2021 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 6 in 2025; its best national rank was #13,716 in 2025.

How common is Emmitt?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 9,960
333 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 5,130
0.02% of boys
Rank, 2025
#770
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
6,902 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Emmitt sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5005%

Put another way: gather 6,902 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Emmitt. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Emmitts were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Emmitt was born before 2009 — so the typical Emmitt is around 16 today.

Median birth year
2009
About 16 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
30.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
55.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
10,482
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 30.8% of all recorded uses (4,386).

Is Emmitt rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−90
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−260
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−187
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.70×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
58.3%
Peak was 2019 (571)
Years since peak
6
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
14.3% average annual change
Best rank ever
#424
1905

Spellings of Emmitt

Emmitt is not the most common spelling — Emmett is, with 74.5% against Emmitt's 13.5%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Emmitt is used

Across 2016–2025, Emmitt was most concentrated in Vermont — about 1 in 1,053 boys, against 1 in 3,388 across all states with data. It was least common in South Carolina (1 in 20,000).

595 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Vermont1 in 1,053
  2. 2Wyoming1 in 1,299
  3. 3North Dakota1 in 1,333
  4. 4Maine1 in 1,429
  5. 5Wisconsin1 in 1,471
  6. 6Iowa1 in 1,493
  7. 7Kentucky1 in 1,493
  8. 8Minnesota1 in 1,538

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Geographically, Emmitt is somewhat regional — more concentrated than 60% of the names used widely enough to compare. See the most regional names

Emmitt around the world

Where Emmitt ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2019–2019
    #4,702
    in 2019
  • Canada
    1994–2024
    #1,614
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1995–2011
    #487
    in 2011

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Emmitt

People whose public names include Emmitt, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Emmitt in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Emmitt. Linked forms have their own page here.

EmmetEmmitEmmett

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Emmitt by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#770
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 260
Best rank ever
#424
1905
Peak year
2019
571 that year
First recorded
1880
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
14,238
Count in 2025
333

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#13,716
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
New entry
Best rank ever
#13,716
2025
Peak year
2025
6 that year
First recorded
2021
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
11
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Emmitt

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

EmmetEmmettDewittEmmitMerrittEmmanuelTruittEmmaHewittEmmausBrittEmmersonEmmetteEmmanualEmittEmmerichWhittEmmertPruittEmmonsEverittWittLevittKitt

Names with a curve like Emmitt

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Emmitt, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

EdisonMajorDukeBensonAugustusLucianEnochFletcherRoyalEmersonPrinceLawson

Sibling names for Emmitt

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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