Emitt
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EM-it
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Emitt is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “whole; universal”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Emitt mean?
Germanic: spelling of Emmitt, itself a spelling of Emmett, from a pet form of Emma
“whole; universal”
A spelling of Emmett, an English surname that grew from a medieval diminutive of Emma.
Meaning borrowed from Emmitt. More on Wiktionary.
Is Emitt a girl's or a boy's name?
Emitt is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emitt in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 60% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Emitt, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 39 boys. It first appears in the records in 1900.
Half of all the boys named Emitt in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,441 boys in the US were given Emitt or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #115, up from #8,906 for this spelling alone.
Emitt in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 18 | #5,149 |
| 2018 | 15 | #5,766 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 29 | #3,683 |
| 2014 | 39 | #2,927 |
| 2013 | 28 | #3,659 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 11 | #7,002 |
| 2010 | 13 | #6,353 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 7 | #9,579 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 5 | #10,886 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #9,905 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 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 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 5 | #3,940 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 8 | #2,731 |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #3,533 |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,389 |
| 1930 | 12 | #2,292 |
| 1929 | 10 | #2,588 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,270 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 10 | #2,723 |
| 1925 | 5 | #4,195 |
| 1924 | 18 | #1,894 |
| 1923 | 15 | #2,122 |
| 1922 | 16 | #2,039 |
| 1921 | 8 | #3,213 |
| 1920 | 15 | #2,130 |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,810 |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 9 | #2,731 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,388 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,457 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,270 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,675 |
| 1912 | 8 | #1,884 |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,155 |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,112 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,161 |
Nicknames for Emitt
- Em
Names like Emitt
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Everett August Henry Otto Ellis Milo Charlie Leo Emery Emerson Theo Miller
Other spellings of Emitt
Names related to Emitt
More Germanic names
Amelia Liam Charlotte William Archie Emma Freddie Ella Harry Millie Albie Matilda Louie Miles Alice Myles
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, “Emitt: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emitt, updated 20 October 2026.