Emet
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EH-met
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #3,847 for boys
Emet is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “truth”. In 2025 it ranked 3,847th for boys in the US (28 babies).
What does Emet mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew word for truth; also a spelling of Emmett
“truth”
In Jewish folklore emet, 'truth', is written on the golem's forehead to bring it to life.
Is Emet a girl's or a boy's name?
Emet is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 28 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emet in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,847among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 28about 1 in 61,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 28 boys in the US were named Emet, making it the 3,847th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,536th. Its busiest year was 2024, with 36 boys. It first appears in the records in 1922.
Half of all the boys named Emet in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Emet in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 28 | #3,847 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 24 | #4,339 |
| 2022 | 28 | #3,876 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 21 | #4,536 |
| 2019 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 2018 | 21 | #4,606 |
| 2017 | 21 | #4,590 |
| 2016 | 20 | #4,775 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 13 | #6,236 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 14 | #5,939 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 5 | #4,305 |
Names like Emet
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Eliam Ezra Beckett Zakai Eliel Ozias Enzo Onyx Eli Emmett Axel Izan
Names related to Emet
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Emet: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emet, updated 20 October 2026.