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.

Emmit

#1,941 most common boys' name of all time · #4,679 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1882–2025

Rank among boys
#1,941
Rank overall
#4,679 of 105,966
First appeared
1882
Years on the list
137 of 146
All-time
4,260
Since 2016
733
Peak year
2012 #1,281
Best rank
#490 1886
Girls Boys peak 137/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Emmit first appears in 1882. 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 — 35 35 #3,315
2024 — 34 34 #3,399
2023 — 44 44 #2,848
2022 — 59 59 #2,380
2021 — 74 74 #2,003
2020 — 85 85 #1,780
2019 — 81 81 #1,852
2018 — 96 96 #1,664
2017 — 104 104 #1,568
2016 — 121 121 #1,434
2015 — 122 122 #1,410
2014 — 120 120 #1,407
2013 — 129 129 #1,328
2012 — 137 137 #1,281
2011 — 97 97 #1,590
2010 — 73 73 #1,928
2009 — 41 41 #2,901
2008 — 43 43 #2,790
2007 — 31 31 #3,449
2006 — 36 36 #3,029
2005 — 31 31 #3,249
2004 — 33 33 #3,020
2003 — 23 23 #3,740
2002 — 26 26 #3,358
2001 — 19 19 #4,134
2000 — 11 11 #5,938
1999 — 21 21 #3,600
1998 — 14 14 #4,667
1997 — 17 17 #3,893
1996 — 14 14 #4,408
1995 — 16 16 #3,870
1994 — 20 20 #3,340
1993 — 6 6 #7,679
1992 — 10 10 #5,256
1990 — 12 12 #4,422
1989 — 6 6 #6,997
1988 — 10 10 #4,472
1987 — 6 6 #6,134
1986 — 7 7 #5,364
1984 — 5 5 #6,364
1983 — 11 11 #3,654
1982 — 10 10 #3,987
1981 — 11 11 #3,626
1980 — 7 7 #4,970
1979 — 14 14 #3,032
1978 — 7 7 #4,593
1977 — 9 9 #3,862
1976 — 9 9 #3,755
1974 — 12 12 #2,973
1973 — 11 11 #3,038
1972 — 9 9 #3,376
1971 — 9 9 #3,401
1970 — 16 16 #2,319
1969 — 20 20 #1,870
1968 — 16 16 #2,045
1967 — 10 10 #2,632
1966 — 13 13 #2,237
1965 — 10 10 #2,638
1964 — 15 15 #2,142
1963 — 7 7 #3,366
1962 — 14 14 #2,204
1961 — 14 14 #2,255
1960 — 19 19 #1,872
1959 — 19 19 #1,879
1958 — 27 27 #1,519
1957 — 27 27 #1,523
1956 — 27 27 #1,516
1955 — 18 18 #1,859
1954 — 16 16 #1,973
1953 — 15 15 #2,053
1952 — 23 23 #1,590
1951 — 24 24 #1,531
1950 — 18 18 #1,771
1949 — 30 30 #1,330
1948 — 27 27 #1,411
1947 — 40 40 #1,155
1946 — 30 30 #1,286
1945 — 27 27 #1,280
1944 — 15 15 #1,829
1943 — 25 25 #1,409
1942 — 24 24 #1,439
1941 — 23 23 #1,423
1940 — 35 35 #1,118
1939 — 44 44 #949
1938 — 42 42 #981
1937 — 31 31 #1,194
1936 — 51 51 #857
1935 — 31 31 #1,207
1934 — 34 34 #1,138
1933 — 42 42 #987
1932 — 47 47 #959
1931 — 62 62 #797
1930 — 48 48 #985
1929 — 55 55 #907
1928 — 56 56 #898
1927 — 53 53 #959
1926 — 48 48 #1,002
1925 — 77 77 #751
1924 — 46 46 #1,052
1923 — 65 65 #843
1922 — 71 71 #799
1921 — 66 66 #854
1920 — 52 52 #961
1919 — 73 73 #759
1918 — 59 59 #861
1917 — 53 53 #881
1916 — 49 49 #906
1915 — 54 54 #836
1914 — 24 24 #1,198
1913 — 25 25 #1,016
1912 — 24 24 #930
1911 — 16 16 #845
1910 — 9 9 #1,153
1909 — 16 16 #706
1908 — 8 8 #1,073
1907 — 14 14 #731
1906 — 13 13 #700
1905 — 11 11 #776
1904 — 8 8 #931
1903 — 7 7 #978
1902 — 7 7 #987
1901 — 9 9 #767
1900 — 12 12 #780
1899 — 13 13 #579
1897 — 5 5 #1,151
1896 — 8 8 #880
1895 — 9 9 #791
1894 — 8 8 #845
1893 — 13 13 #570
1892 — 7 7 #938
1891 — 6 6 #928
1889 — 7 7 #853
1888 — 8 8 #804
1886 — 15 15 #490
1884 — 7 7 #836
1883 — 5 5 #977
1882 — 5 5 #1,043