Emmitt is an established variant of Emmett that peaked in 2019 and remains in steady use.
Emmitt is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #770 among boys (333) and #13,720 among girls (6) — overall #1,556 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 339 | 339 | #13,720 | #770 |
| 2024 | 402 | 402 | — | #680 |
| 2023 | 415 | 415 | — | #660 |
| 2022 | 470 | 470 | — | #598 |
| 2021 | 541 | 541 | #15,984 | #545 |
| 2020 | 560 | 560 | — | #510 |
| 2019 | 571 | 571 | — | #501 |
| 2018 | 523 | 523 | — | #537 |
| 2017 | 529 | 529 | — | #536 |
| 2016 | 565 | 565 | — | #523 |
| 2015 | 477 | 477 | — | #583 |
| 2014 | 442 | 442 | — | #606 |
| 2013 | 394 | 394 | — | #623 |
| 2012 | 359 | 359 | — | #660 |
| 2011 | 284 | 284 | — | #785 |
| 2010 | 242 | 242 | — | #870 |
| 2009 | 146 | 146 | — | #1,229 |
| 2008 | 112 | 112 | — | #1,469 |
| 2007 | 107 | 107 | — | #1,490 |
| 2006 | 90 | 90 | — | #1,606 |
| 2005 | 84 | 84 | — | #1,621 |
| 2004 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,255 |
| 2003 | 58 | 58 | — | #1,992 |
| 2002 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,307 |
| 2001 | 51 | 51 | — | #2,062 |
| 2000 | 43 | 43 | — | #2,265 |
| 1999 | 45 | 45 | — | #2,111 |
| 1998 | 57 | 57 | — | #1,774 |
| 1997 | 63 | — | — | #1,611 |
| 1996 | 81 | — | — | #1,339 |
| 1995 | 69 | — | — | #1,437 |
| 1994 | 71 | — | — | #1,387 |
| 1993 | 58 | — | — | #1,562 |
| 1992 | 30 | — | — | #2,424 |
| 1991 | 27 | — | — | #2,565 |
| 1990 | 21 | — | — | #2,993 |
| 1989 | 22 | — | — | #2,815 |
| 1988 | 26 | — | — | #2,325 |
| 1987 | 19 | — | — | #2,757 |
| 1986 | 37 | — | — | #1,700 |
| 1985 | 31 | — | — | #1,882 |
| 1984 | 29 | — | — | #1,900 |
| 1983 | 15 | — | — | #2,962 |
| 1982 | 21 | — | — | #2,361 |
| 1981 | 27 | — | — | #2,010 |
| 1980 | 32 | — | — | #1,776 |
| 1979 | 40 | — | — | #1,493 |
| 1978 | 36 | — | — | #1,580 |
| 1977 | 34 | — | — | #1,621 |
| 1976 | 34 | — | — | #1,580 |
| 1975 | 36 | — | — | #1,484 |
| 1974 | 36 | — | — | #1,447 |
| 1973 | 37 | — | — | #1,383 |
| 1972 | 49 | — | — | #1,167 |
| 1971 | 41 | — | — | #1,315 |
| 1970 | 49 | — | — | #1,183 |
| 1969 | 46 | — | — | #1,155 |
| 1968 | 46 | — | — | #1,104 |
| 1967 | 50 | — | — | #1,037 |
| 1966 | 51 | — | — | #1,020 |
| 1965 | 62 | — | — | #940 |
| 1964 | 51 | — | — | #1,064 |
| 1963 | 64 | — | — | #939 |
| 1962 | 61 | — | — | #975 |
| 1961 | 69 | — | — | #920 |
| 1960 | 60 | — | — | #988 |
| 1959 | 77 | — | — | #872 |
| 1958 | 71 | — | — | #898 |
| 1957 | 77 | — | — | #855 |
| 1956 | 82 | — | — | #824 |
| 1955 | 68 | — | — | #901 |
| 1954 | 83 | — | — | #789 |
| 1953 | 99 | — | — | #717 |
| 1952 | 90 | — | — | #743 |
| 1951 | 113 | — | — | #659 |
| 1950 | 100 | — | — | #683 |
| 1949 | 92 | — | — | #717 |
| 1948 | 87 | — | — | #719 |
| 1947 | 78 | — | — | #781 |
| 1946 | 78 | — | — | #746 |
| 1945 | 80 | — | — | #671 |
| 1944 | 86 | — | — | #669 |
| 1943 | 95 | — | — | #658 |
| 1942 | 93 | — | — | #668 |
| 1941 | 85 | — | — | #664 |
| 1940 | 75 | — | — | #699 |
| 1939 | 85 | — | — | #643 |
| 1938 | 78 | — | — | #685 |
| 1937 | 78 | — | — | #678 |
| 1936 | 64 | — | — | #758 |
| 1935 | 92 | — | — | #607 |
| 1934 | 72 | — | — | #722 |
| 1933 | 87 | — | — | #620 |
| 1932 | 76 | — | — | #712 |
| 1931 | 80 | — | — | #669 |
| 1930 | 76 | — | — | #723 |
| 1929 | 76 | — | — | #715 |
| 1928 | 108 | — | — | #595 |
| 1927 | 100 | — | — | #630 |
| 1926 | 90 | — | — | #667 |
| 1925 | 96 | — | — | #650 |
| 1924 | 104 | — | — | #630 |
| 1923 | 102 | — | — | #635 |
| 1922 | 123 | — | — | #576 |
| 1921 | 98 | — | — | #652 |
| 1920 | 103 | — | — | #625 |
| 1919 | 115 | — | — | #558 |
| 1918 | 79 | — | — | #713 |
| 1917 | 80 | — | — | #669 |
| 1916 | 76 | — | — | #681 |
| 1915 | 90 | — | — | #606 |
| 1914 | 54 | — | — | #704 |
| 1913 | 56 | — | — | #587 |
| 1912 | 45 | — | — | #617 |
| 1911 | 30 | — | — | #552 |
| 1910 | 30 | — | — | #515 |
| 1909 | 31 | — | — | #455 |
| 1908 | 22 | — | — | #544 |
| 1907 | 18 | — | — | #600 |
| 1906 | 22 | — | — | #477 |
| 1905 | 26 | — | — | #424 |
| 1904 | 21 | — | — | #471 |
| 1903 | 22 | — | — | #438 |
| 1902 | 13 | — | — | #621 |
| 1901 | 16 | — | — | #492 |
| 1900 | 23 | — | — | #481 |
| 1899 | 12 | — | — | #590 |
| 1898 | 15 | — | — | #550 |
| 1897 | 15 | — | — | #525 |
| 1896 | 14 | — | — | #563 |
| 1895 | 16 | — | — | #511 |
| 1894 | 16 | — | — | #506 |
| 1893 | 13 | — | — | #549 |
| 1892 | 16 | — | — | #502 |
| 1891 | 9 | — | — | #659 |
| 1890 | 13 | — | — | #544 |
| 1889 | 14 | — | — | #506 |
| 1888 | 14 | — | — | #535 |
| 1887 | 11 | — | — | #557 |
| 1886 | 16 | — | — | #458 |
| 1885 | 11 | — | — | #584 |
| 1884 | 10 | — | — | #628 |
| 1883 | 7 | — | — | #751 |
| 1882 | 11 | — | — | #585 |
| 1881 | 10 | — | — | #572 |
| 1880 | 7 | — | — | #770 |