first name
EMMITT
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 7,268 people named Emmitt, 64.4% reported their origin as White, 18.3% as Black and 8.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Emmitt peaked in 2019, when 571 babies got the name.
At least 14,249 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.
Emmitt by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1880s, when it ranked #1,193. The largest share of babies named Emmitt, 43.7%, 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 Emmitt is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Emmitt has been most common in Mississippi (3×), Alabama (2.6×), and Oklahoma (2.2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.22×).
9,916 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 Emmitt
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Emmitt, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Emmitt ranks #38,989 of 156,621, with 610 people. See Emmitt as a last name
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