Emit
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EM-it
- Origin
- Germanic
Emit is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “whole, universal”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Emit mean?
Germanic: spelling of Emmett, an English surname from a pet form of Emma
“whole, universal”
Emmett began as an English surname taken from a medieval pet form of Emma.
Is Emit a girl's or a boy's name?
Emit is a boys' name.
How popular is Emit in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1922, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.
Half of all the boys named Emit in the US since 1880 were born between 1916 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Emit in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 12 | #6,699 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 13 | #6,303 |
| 2013 | 12 | #6,598 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 8 | #8,760 |
| 2010 | 6 | #10,759 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1966 | 5 | #3,946 |
| 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 | 5 | #3,504 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 6 | #3,146 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,267 |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 7 | #3,355 |
| 1927 | 7 | #3,450 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 17 | #1,951 |
| 1921 | 7 | #3,516 |
| 1920 | 11 | #2,601 |
| 1919 | 13 | #2,264 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 12 | #2,279 |
| 1916 | 9 | #2,729 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,183 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,044 |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,588 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,216 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,049 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 6 | #977 |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,065 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 7 | #815 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 6 | #848 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 0 | – |
| 1881 | 5 | #865 |
Names like Emit
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emmett Everett Otto Henry Charlie August Ellis Archie Emery William Walter Lewis
Names related to Emit
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Charlotte Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles Alice Myles Charles Lottie
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, “Emit: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emit, updated 20 October 2026.