Emit
#8,375 most common boys' name of all time · #21,144 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1881–2023
Rank among boys
#8,375
Rank overall
#21,144 of 105,966
First appeared
1881
Years on the list
49 of 146
All-time
390
Since 2016
65
Peak year
1922 #1,968
Best rank
#884 1888
Girls
Boys
peak 17/yr
Emit first appears in 1881. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,781 |
| 2022 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,365 |
| 2021 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,839 |
| 2020 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,576 |
| 2019 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,188 |
| 2018 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,717 |
| 2017 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,862 |
| 2016 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,162 |
| 2015 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,773 |
| 2014 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,321 |
| 2013 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,620 |
| 2012 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,184 |
| 2011 | — | 8 | 8 | #8,791 |
| 2010 | — | 6 | 6 | #10,803 |
| 1967 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,604 |
| 1966 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,996 |
| 1941 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,556 |
| 1939 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1938 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,579 |
| 1936 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,191 |
| 1933 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,314 |
| 1932 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,822 |
| 1929 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,613 |
| 1928 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,390 |
| 1927 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,485 |
| 1926 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,167 |
| 1925 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1923 | — | 15 | 15 | #2,143 |
| 1922 | — | 17 | 17 | #1,968 |
| 1921 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,553 |
| 1920 | — | 11 | 11 | #2,619 |
| 1919 | — | 13 | 13 | #2,286 |
| 1918 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,414 |
| 1917 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1916 | — | 9 | 9 | #2,755 |
| 1915 | — | 12 | 12 | #2,204 |
| 1914 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,949 |
| 1913 | — | 6 | 6 | #2,538 |
| 1912 | — | 7 | 7 | #2,089 |
| 1911 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,797 |
| 1910 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,638 |
| 1908 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,271 |
| 1902 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,076 |
| 1900 | — | 7 | 7 | #1,094 |
| 1895 | — | 6 | 6 | #1,024 |
| 1892 | — | 5 | 5 | #1,157 |
| 1888 | — | 7 | 7 | #884 |
| 1884 | — | 6 | 6 | #933 |
| 1881 | — | 5 | 5 | #949 |