Emmit
Boy · EM-it · Germanic
Emmit is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “whole, universal”. In 2025 it ranked 3,313th for boys in the US (35 babies).
What does Emmit mean?
Germanic: spelling of Emmett, an English surname from a pet form of Emma
“whole, universal”
Like Emmett, it goes back to a medieval English pet form of Emma.
- Say it
- EM-it
Is Emmit a girl's or a boy's name?
Emmit is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 35 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emmit in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,313among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 35about 1 in 49,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 35 boys in the US were named Emmit, making it the 3,313th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,778th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 137 boys. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the boys named Emmit in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,441 boys in the US were given Emmit or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #115, up from #3,313 for this spelling alone.
Emmit in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 35 | #3,313 |
| 2024 | 34 | #3,392 |
| 2023 | 44 | #2,847 |
| 2022 | 59 | #2,378 |
| 2021 | 74 | #1,999 |
| 2020 | 85 | #1,778 |
| 2019 | 81 | #1,849 |
| 2018 | 96 | #1,663 |
| 2017 | 104 | #1,567 |
| 2016 | 121 | #1,433 |
| 2015 | 122 | #1,406 |
| 2014 | 120 | #1,402 |
| 2013 | 129 | #1,326 |
| 2012 | 137 | #1,280 |
| 2011 | 97 | #1,587 |
| 2010 | 73 | #1,923 |
| 2009 | 41 | #2,893 |
| 2008 | 43 | #2,787 |
| 2007 | 31 | #3,442 |
| 2006 | 36 | #3,023 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,237 |
| 2004 | 33 | #3,010 |
| 2003 | 23 | #3,727 |
| 2002 | 26 | #3,344 |
| 2001 | 19 | #4,115 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 21 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 17 | #3,872 |
| 1996 | 14 | #4,390 |
| 1995 | 16 | #3,848 |
| 1994 | 20 | #3,320 |
| 1993 | 6 | #7,631 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 6 | #6,934 |
| 1988 | 10 | #4,445 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 5 | #6,311 |
| 1983 | 11 | #3,629 |
| 1982 | 10 | #3,964 |
| 1981 | 11 | #3,599 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 14 | #3,017 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 9 | #3,834 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 12 | #2,944 |
| 1973 | 11 | #3,011 |
| 1972 | 9 | #3,342 |
| 1971 | 9 | #3,368 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,292 |
| 1969 | 20 | #1,860 |
| 1968 | 16 | #2,029 |
| 1967 | 10 | #2,610 |
| 1966 | 13 | #2,215 |
| 1965 | 10 | #2,615 |
| 1964 | 15 | #2,113 |
| 1963 | 7 | #3,317 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,185 |
| 1961 | 14 | #2,241 |
| 1960 | 19 | #1,857 |
| 1959 | 19 | #1,864 |
| 1958 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1957 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1956 | 27 | #1,510 |
| 1955 | 18 | #1,844 |
| 1954 | 16 | #1,955 |
| 1953 | 15 | #2,037 |
| 1952 | 23 | #1,581 |
| 1951 | 24 | #1,518 |
| 1950 | 18 | #1,745 |
| 1949 | 30 | #1,321 |
| 1948 | 27 | #1,399 |
| 1947 | 40 | #1,147 |
| 1946 | 30 | #1,277 |
| 1945 | 27 | #1,269 |
| 1944 | 15 | #1,809 |
| 1943 | 25 | #1,398 |
| 1942 | 24 | #1,421 |
| 1941 | 23 | #1,411 |
| 1940 | 35 | #1,107 |
| 1939 | 44 | #942 |
| 1938 | 42 | #977 |
| 1937 | 31 | #1,180 |
| 1936 | 51 | #853 |
| 1935 | 31 | #1,194 |
| 1934 | 34 | #1,133 |
| 1933 | 42 | #980 |
| 1932 | 47 | #952 |
| 1931 | 62 | #794 |
| 1930 | 48 | #976 |
| 1929 | 55 | #900 |
| 1928 | 56 | #891 |
| 1927 | 53 | #951 |
| 1926 | 48 | #992 |
| 1925 | 77 | #746 |
| 1924 | 46 | #1,045 |
| 1923 | 65 | #841 |
| 1922 | 71 | #794 |
| 1921 | 66 | #849 |
| 1920 | 52 | #960 |
| 1919 | 73 | #753 |
| 1918 | 59 | #855 |
| 1917 | 53 | #876 |
| 1916 | 49 | #892 |
| 1915 | 54 | #832 |
| 1914 | 24 | #1,188 |
| 1913 | 25 | #995 |
| 1912 | 24 | #918 |
| 1911 | 16 | #823 |
| 1910 | 9 | #1,117 |
| 1909 | 16 | #679 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,021 |
| 1907 | 14 | #699 |
| 1906 | 13 | #674 |
| 1905 | 11 | #741 |
| 1904 | 8 | #874 |
| 1903 | 7 | #910 |
| 1902 | 7 | #932 |
| 1901 | 9 | #727 |
| 1900 | 12 | #742 |
| 1899 | 13 | #548 |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,056 |
| 1896 | 8 | #825 |
| 1895 | 9 | #738 |
| 1894 | 8 | #786 |
| 1893 | 13 | #538 |
| 1892 | 7 | #860 |
| 1891 | 6 | #840 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 7 | #789 |
| 1888 | 8 | #755 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 15 | #470 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 7 | #764 |
| 1883 | 5 | #891 |
| 1882 | 5 | #942 |
Names like Emmit
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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