Emmitt

What Emmitt 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, “Emmitt” (revision 67828030) and “Emma” (revision 94539089), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Emmitt?

US: Falling: down from #583 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2020, when 560 boys got the name (#510 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 5,129 baby boys in the US 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 MS (0.65 per 1,000 boys), IN (0.6 per 1,000 boys), MO (0.54 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Emmitt is #769 in the US. It is not in the England & Wales list for 2025.

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.2% of US babies named Emmitt were boys.

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

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Emmett2,950 US · 50 E&W
• Emmet110 US · 4 E&W
• Emmit35 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.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Emmett
• Emmott

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Emmitt

Boys

• Reid#293Editor’s note Steady in the US: #278 in 2015 and #293 in 2025
• Greyson#149Variant of Grayson, meaning “steward”^*
• Remington#307“settlement by the boundary stream”^*
• Callen#516Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #516 vs #2,952 in 2025
• Jameson#137Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #137 vs #1,093 in 2025
• Ryker#182Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #182 vs #1,066 in 2025

For a sister

• Sawyer#290“one who saws”^*
• Scarlett#32Editor’s note Down from #22 in 2015 to #32 in 2025 in the US
• Quinn#97“descendant of Chief”^*
• Ellis#682“benevolent, kind”^*
• Blakely#191Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #191 vs #1,407 in 2025
• Harper#16From a surname for “a player of the harp”^*

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 Emmitt’s. Rank is US 2025.