Emmitt
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EM-it
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #769 for boys
Emmitt is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “whole; universal”. In 2025 it ranked 769th for boys in the US (333 babies).
What does Emmitt mean?
Germanic: 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.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Emmitt a girl's or a boy's name?
Emmitt is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls and 333 boys in the US.
How popular is Emmitt in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 769th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 333 about 1 in 5,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 333 boys in the US were named Emmitt, making it the 769th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 510th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 571 boys. 6 girls were also named Emmitt in 2025 (13,203rd for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Emmitt than any year since 2011.
Half of all the boys named Emmitt in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 3,441 boys in the US were given Emmitt or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #115, up from #769 for this spelling alone.
Emmitt in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 333 | #769 |
| 2024 | 402 | #680 |
| 2023 | 415 | #659 |
| 2022 | 470 | #598 |
| 2021 | 536 | #545 |
| 2020 | 560 | #510 |
| 2019 | 571 | #500 |
| 2018 | 523 | #536 |
| 2017 | 529 | #535 |
| 2016 | 565 | #523 |
| 2015 | 477 | #583 |
| 2014 | 442 | #606 |
| 2013 | 394 | #623 |
| 2012 | 359 | #660 |
| 2011 | 284 | #785 |
| 2010 | 242 | #870 |
| 2009 | 146 | #1,226 |
| 2008 | 112 | #1,467 |
| 2007 | 107 | #1,488 |
| 2006 | 90 | #1,605 |
| 2005 | 84 | #1,617 |
| 2004 | 51 | #2,234 |
| 2003 | 58 | #1,983 |
| 2002 | 45 | #2,291 |
| 2001 | 51 | #2,046 |
| 2000 | 43 | #2,252 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,095 |
| 1998 | 57 | #1,765 |
| 1997 | 63 | #1,596 |
| 1996 | 81 | #1,332 |
| 1995 | 69 | #1,425 |
| 1994 | 71 | #1,379 |
| 1993 | 58 | #1,549 |
| 1992 | 30 | #2,407 |
| 1991 | 27 | #2,538 |
| 1990 | 21 | #2,946 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 26 | #2,300 |
| 1987 | 19 | #2,721 |
| 1986 | 37 | #1,693 |
| 1985 | 31 | #1,865 |
| 1984 | 29 | #1,884 |
| 1983 | 15 | #2,911 |
| 1982 | 21 | #2,340 |
| 1981 | 27 | #1,995 |
| 1980 | 32 | #1,765 |
| 1979 | 40 | #1,487 |
| 1978 | 36 | #1,570 |
| 1977 | 34 | #1,607 |
| 1976 | 34 | #1,571 |
| 1975 | 36 | #1,478 |
| 1974 | 36 | #1,439 |
| 1973 | 37 | #1,376 |
| 1972 | 49 | #1,163 |
| 1971 | 41 | #1,309 |
| 1970 | 49 | #1,178 |
| 1969 | 46 | #1,152 |
| 1968 | 46 | #1,100 |
| 1967 | 50 | #1,030 |
| 1966 | 51 | #1,016 |
| 1965 | 62 | #934 |
| 1964 | 51 | #1,059 |
| 1963 | 64 | #935 |
| 1962 | 61 | #972 |
| 1961 | 69 | #914 |
| 1960 | 60 | #980 |
| 1959 | 77 | #870 |
| 1958 | 71 | #891 |
| 1957 | 77 | #852 |
| 1956 | 82 | #821 |
| 1955 | 68 | #897 |
| 1954 | 83 | #787 |
| 1953 | 99 | #716 |
| 1952 | 90 | #741 |
| 1951 | 113 | #658 |
| 1950 | 100 | #680 |
| 1949 | 92 | #716 |
| 1948 | 87 | #716 |
| 1947 | 78 | #777 |
| 1946 | 78 | #746 |
| 1945 | 80 | #671 |
| 1944 | 86 | #667 |
| 1943 | 95 | #655 |
| 1942 | 93 | #667 |
| 1941 | 85 | #662 |
| 1940 | 75 | #697 |
| 1939 | 85 | #642 |
| 1938 | 78 | #683 |
| 1937 | 78 | #675 |
| 1936 | 64 | #756 |
| 1935 | 92 | #605 |
| 1934 | 72 | #722 |
| 1933 | 87 | #619 |
| 1932 | 76 | #708 |
| 1931 | 80 | #667 |
| 1930 | 76 | #718 |
| 1929 | 76 | #712 |
| 1928 | 108 | #594 |
| 1927 | 100 | #629 |
| 1926 | 90 | #663 |
| 1925 | 96 | #649 |
| 1924 | 104 | #626 |
| 1923 | 102 | #635 |
| 1922 | 123 | #574 |
| 1921 | 98 | #652 |
| 1920 | 103 | #623 |
| 1919 | 115 | #558 |
| 1918 | 79 | #710 |
| 1917 | 80 | #668 |
| 1916 | 76 | #680 |
| 1915 | 90 | #605 |
| 1914 | 54 | #697 |
| 1913 | 56 | #586 |
| 1912 | 45 | #608 |
| 1911 | 30 | #548 |
| 1910 | 30 | #512 |
| 1909 | 31 | #453 |
| 1908 | 22 | #541 |
| 1907 | 18 | #591 |
| 1906 | 22 | #472 |
| 1905 | 26 | #421 |
| 1904 | 21 | #466 |
| 1903 | 22 | #430 |
| 1902 | 13 | #614 |
| 1901 | 16 | #487 |
| 1900 | 23 | #477 |
| 1899 | 12 | #583 |
| 1898 | 15 | #543 |
| 1897 | 15 | #515 |
| 1896 | 14 | #551 |
| 1895 | 16 | #501 |
| 1894 | 16 | #502 |
| 1893 | 13 | #538 |
| 1892 | 16 | #497 |
| 1891 | 9 | #635 |
| 1890 | 13 | #533 |
| 1889 | 14 | #498 |
| 1888 | 14 | #528 |
| 1887 | 11 | #544 |
| 1886 | 16 | #451 |
| 1885 | 11 | #577 |
| 1884 | 10 | #613 |
| 1883 | 7 | #720 |
| 1882 | 11 | #576 |
| 1881 | 10 | #563 |
| 1880 | 7 | #745 |
Nicknames for Emmitt
- Em
Names like Emmitt
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Everett, Ellis, August, Milo, Miller, Otto, Emerson, Henry, Leo, Emery, Fletcher, King
Other spellings of Emmitt
Names related to Emmitt
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles, Alice
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, “Emmitt: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emmitt, updated 20 October 2026.