Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Emmett

Gender

Male

Origin

English
Male variant of Emma: a premedieval girls given name.
Industrious, strong

Syllables

2

Themes

  • Exotic
  • Surname

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Emmett

Pronunciation

e-mme-tt

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 2021 (rank #103, 3,662 births); most recent 2025 (rank #121, 2,950 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2023 (rank #4997, 26 births); most recent 2025 (rank #5410, 23 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20252,95023
20243,00117
20233,07326
20223,32223
20213,66218
20203,40520
20193,55422
20183,43517
20173,16913
20163,04516

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 2018 (rank #573, 65 births); most recent 2025 (rank #703, 50 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoys
202550
202461
202358
202258
202156
202064
201957
201865
201763
201647

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 France

  • Boys: peak in 2022 (rank #1669, 18 births); most recent 2023 (rank #1994, 13 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
202313
202218
202118
202011
201914
201816
20179
201613
20157
201415

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 1981 (rank #137, 30 births); most recent 2025 (rank #418, 8 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
20258
20249
20235
202210
20214
20207
20198
20184
20176
20167

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 Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2025 (rank #441, 7 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
20257
20243
20235
20224
20214
20203
20194
2018–
20177
20163

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

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 1997 (rank #129, 15 births); most recent 2025 (rank #270, 6 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearBoys
20256
20244
20236
20228
20215
20209
20195
20188
20177
20167

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 2017 (rank #53, 71 births); most recent 2023 (rank #55, 49 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
202349
202252
202168
202055
201962
201863
201771
201663
201557
201463

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