Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Emmet

Gender

Male

Origin

English
Strong Worker

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Emmet

Pronunciation

e(m)-met

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2015 (rank #852, 261 births); most recent 2025 (rank #1554, 110 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoys
2025110
2024108
2023136
2022122
2021115
2020141
2019190
2018194
2017220
2016243

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2015 (rank #1673, 14 births); most recent 2025 (rank #4209, 4 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
20254
2024–
20234
20228
20215
20205
2019–
20187
20178
20168

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 1992 (rank #82, 75 births); most recent 2025 (rank #787, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
20253
20244
20234
20227
20216
20208
201919
201814
201711
201616

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 1999 (rank #118, 17 births); most recent 2022 (rank #414, 3 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
20223
20213
20204
20197
2018–
20176
20169

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2014 (rank #459, 7 births); most recent 2018 (rank #598, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
20185
2017–
2016–
2015–
20147

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence