Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Emitt

#6,314 most common boys' name of all time · #15,768 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1900–2025

Rank among boys
#6,314
Rank overall
#15,768 of 105,966
First appeared
1900
Years on the list
57 of 146
All-time
637
Since 2016
139
Peak year
2014 #2,936
Best rank
#1,205 1908
Girls Boys peak 39/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Emitt first appears in 1900. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 8 8 #8,949
2023 — 11 11 #7,317
2022 — 15 15 #5,890
2021 — 15 15 #5,787
2020 — 15 15 #5,712
2019 — 18 18 #5,165
2018 — 15 15 #5,786
2017 — 20 20 #4,761
2016 — 22 22 #4,480
2015 — 29 29 #3,688
2014 — 39 39 #2,936
2013 — 28 28 #3,672
2012 — 16 16 #5,496
2011 — 11 11 #7,035
2010 — 13 13 #6,385
2009 — 8 8 #9,026
2008 — 8 8 #9,062
2007 — 6 6 #10,977
2006 — 7 7 #9,637
2004 — 6 6 #10,009
2003 — 5 5 #10,981
1999 — 5 5 #9,999
1998 — 6 6 #8,539
1957 — 5 5 #4,100
1956 — 5 5 #4,038
1948 — 7 7 #3,109
1945 — 9 9 #2,464
1943 — 8 8 #2,825
1941 — 6 6 #3,236
1938 — 5 5 #3,642
1937 — 5 5 #3,633
1936 — 5 5 #3,672
1934 — 6 6 #3,379
1932 — 7 7 #3,177
1931 — 6 6 #3,482
1930 — 12 12 #2,358
1929 — 10 10 #2,645
1928 — 13 13 #2,327
1927 — 10 10 #2,777
1926 — 10 10 #2,787
1925 — 5 5 #4,317
1924 — 18 18 #1,936
1923 — 15 15 #2,171
1922 — 16 16 #2,093
1921 — 8 8 #3,281
1920 — 15 15 #2,179
1919 — 18 18 #1,843
1918 — 9 9 #2,945
1917 — 9 9 #2,798
1916 — 11 11 #2,458
1915 — 10 10 #2,522
1914 — 9 9 #2,357
1913 — 11 11 #1,760
1912 — 8 8 #1,967
1909 — 7 7 #1,258
1908 — 7 7 #1,205
1900 — 6 6 #1,297