Emmett

What Emmett means

Diminutive of Emma, meaning “entire”

diminutive of the female given name Emma || Brought to England by the Normans; short form of compound given names beginning with a Frankish prototheme Ermin- or Irmin- "entire", from Proto-Germanic *ermunaz.

Source: Wiktionary, “Emmett” (revision 93480598) and “Emma” (revision 94539089), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Emmett?

US: Rising: up from #139 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #656 in 2015, #702 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 3,663 boys got the name (#103 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 579 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 5,439 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,806 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AK (7.48 per 1,000 boys), VT (5.78 per 1,000 boys), MN (5.35 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Emmett is #121 in the US and #702 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.2% of US babies named Emmett were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Emmitt333 US
• Emmet110 US · 4 E&W
• Emmit35 US
• Emet28 US
• Emitt8 US
• Emett5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Emmett

Boys

• Jameson#137Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #137 vs #1,093 in 2025
• Callen#516Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #516 vs #2,952 in 2025
• Oakley#454“oak + woodland clearing, glade”^*
• Remington#307“settlement by the boundary stream”^*
• Jensen#282Editor’s note Up from #395 in 2015 to #282 in 2025 in the US
• Lincoln#69“the Roman settlement Lindum Colonia”^*

For a sister

• Sawyer#290“one who saws”^*
• Quinn#97“descendant of Chief”^*
• Blakely#191Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #191 vs #1,407 in 2025
• Scarlett#32Editor’s note Down from #22 in 2015 to #32 in 2025 in the US
• Kinsley#93“Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland clearing”^*
• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Emmett’s. Rank is US 2025.