first name
EMMET
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 3,989 people named Emmet, 82.2% reported their origin as White, 6.5% as Hispanic or Latino and 4.7% as two or more races. 99.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Emmet peaked in 2015, when 262 babies got the name.
At least 6,966 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Emmet by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #771. The largest share of babies named Emmet, 32.1%, were born in 2013 or later.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Emmet is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Emmet has been most common in Iowa (2.9×), Minnesota (2.8×), and Massachusetts (2×), and least common in Georgia (0.41×).
2,586 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Emmet
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Emmet, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Emmet ranks #75,111 of 156,621, with 277 people. See Emmet as a last name
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