Emmett
Pronounced EH1 M IH0 T (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2021
- 145 years in use
- 3 spellings
How popular is Emmett?
Emmett is a boys' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 100,866 children — the 312th most common boys' name on record.
It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2021, when 4,386 children were given it.
Three other spellings are counted in that total — Emmitt, Emmet and Emmit — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Emmett and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Emmitt
- Emmet
- Emmit
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- EH1 M IH0 T
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Emmett
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Emmett
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Emmett?
- Emmett ranks 312th among boys' names in US records, with 100,866 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 40,303.
- Is Emmett a unisex name?
- No. Emmett is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Emmett most popular?
- 2021, when 4,386 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Emmett spelled?
- Emmitt, Emmet, Emmit. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.