Emmet

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Emmet: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Emmet: Recorded every year since 1965, it reached #82 in 1992, and it stood at #829 in 2025.

3registrars recorded it
106times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#82highest recorded position
20groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Emmet's record

Ranked every year since 1965, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2023

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2863
1997	#1578
1998	#2074
1999	#1850
2001	#2220
2005	#3208
2006	#4052
2008	#4432
2011	#3300
2012	#3416
2013	#2954
2014	#2079
2015	#1673
2016	#2556
2017	#2512
2018	#2693
2020	#3334
2021	#3451
2022	#2529
2023	#4107

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in every year from 1965 to 2025.

In 2023: #660 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #4107 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1965–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #207 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Highest recorded1965–2025
Highest recorded position: #82 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 1992 (recorded 1965–2025).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #829 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Emmet appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Boys, which has ranked it in 61 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 2,134 births with the name.

Emmet across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Emmet's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#207 (1965)	#82 (1992)	#829 (2025)	61 of 61	2,134 (1965–2025)	75 (1981)
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#1578 (1997)	#4107 (2023)	20 of 28	121 (1996–2023)	14 (2015)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#169 (1997)	#118 (1999)	#414 (2022)	25 of 26	210 (1997–2022)	17 (1999)

Emmet by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Emmet in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	81	5 of 10	16
1970s	404	10 of 10	40
1980s	553	10 of 10	55
1990sbusiest	557	10 of 10	56
2000s	323	10 of 10	32
2010s	184	10 of 10	18
2020s	32	6 of 10	5

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1990s were its busiest decade, averaging 56 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Emmet appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #82 in Republic of Ireland in 1992.

Emmet's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2023	England and Wales	male	#4107	4	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#2529	8	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3451	5	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#3334	5	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#2693	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#2512	8	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2556	8	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1673	14	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#2079	10	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2954	6	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#3416	5	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#3300	5	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#4432	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#4052	3	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#3208	4	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#2074	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1578	7	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#414	3	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#433	3	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#334	4	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#254	7	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#279	6	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#216	9	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#187	12	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#228	9	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#271	6	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#247	7	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#311	4	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#232	8	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#198	11	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#189	11	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#207	8	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#218	7	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#157	13	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#180	9	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#186	7	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#144	12	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#152	10	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#118	17	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#137	14	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#169	9	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#829	3	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#655	4	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#660	4	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#454	7	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#498	6	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#433	8	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#244	19	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#306	14	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#356	11	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	16	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#257	19	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#302	15	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#276	17	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#250	21	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#204	28	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	24	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	31	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#247	19	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#186	27	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#173	27	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#141	35	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#139	33	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#126	38	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#129	34	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#118	38	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#113	41	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#133	26	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#95	45	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#96	53	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#99	58	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#104	49	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#95	57	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#97	59	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#82	75	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#90	65	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#88	70	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#99	49	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#105	46	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#97	54	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#91	64	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#101	53	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#108	49	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#101	54	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#102	58	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#87	75	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#110	51	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#108	53	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#98	67	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#114	44	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#107	50	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#114	41	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#128	29	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#117	40	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#125	32	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#131	28	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#146	20	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#115	28	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#134	19	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#137	16	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#144	13	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1965 and 2025, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #82, first reached in 1992.

It held a top-100 place in 13 years, 6 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 75 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1981.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 32 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Emmeli · #195, 22y
Emmeline · #262, 33y
Emmett · #129, 61y
Emmi · #621, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Cliona · #83, 59y
Daragh · #80, 62y
Fintan · #85, 61y
Grzegorz · #79, 60y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Isabell · #82, 55y
Aileen · #81, 62y
Bartholomew · #81, 59y
Cliona · #83, 59y

Emmet was ranked #82 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 1992. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Emmet and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Emmet without appearing here.

Emmet moved ahead of

Garry Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2954 and #2216 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2014 that had become #2079 and #4632.
Joakim Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4052 and #2538 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2954 and #4685.
Tayla Compare
In 2012 they stood at #4432 and #2775 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #2954 and #4685.
Kristoffer Compare
In 2014 they stood at #3208 and #3208 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2015 that had become #1673 and #3373.

Moved ahead of Emmet

Isak Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2529 and #3449 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #1461.
Arne Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2529 and #3048 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #2160.
Rune Compare
In 2019 they stood at #2693 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2020 that had become #3334 and #2228.
Daithi Compare
In 2022 they stood at #2529 and #4001 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2023 that had become #4107 and #3112.

Moved the opposite way to Emmet

Aaron Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Emmet went from #207 to #829 while Aaron went from #222 to #71.
Adam Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Emmet went from #207 to #829 while Adam went from #157 to #20.
Alexander Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Emmet went from #207 to #829 while Alexander went from #115 to #55.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Emmet went from #207 to #829 while Benjamin went from #148 to #83.

Moved the same way as Emmet

Alfred Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Emmet went from #207 to #829 and Alfred from #167 to #286.
Denis Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Emmet went from #207 to #829 and Denis from #24 to #232.
Edward Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Emmet went from #207 to #829 and Edward from #17 to #125.
George Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Emmet went from #207 to #829 and George from #56 to #112.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #82 in Republic of Ireland in 1992. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Emmet

Emmet at a glance

What stands out in Emmet's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Emmet across 3 official records

Emmet by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Emmet appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Emmet

Emmet and the names beside it

Emmet moved ahead of

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Emmet at a glance

What stands out in Emmet's record

Emmet across 3 official records

Emmet by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Emmet appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Emmet

Emmet and the names beside it

Emmet moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Emmet

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