Emmett

maleStatistical record

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

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

Emmett: Recorded every year since 1965, it reached #129 in 1997, and it stood at #432 in 2025.

4registrars recorded it
116times a registrar ranked it
61years from first to last
#129highest recorded position
19groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Emmett's record

Ranked every year since 1965, without a single year missing. Names by continuity of record
Moved 133 places between two consecutive years — its largest recorded change. Names by largest single-year move

Region

Rising

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2020
1999	#1850
2000	#3036
2001	#2587
2002	#3225
2003	#3467
2005	#2418
2006	#3385
2007	#4333
2008	#3687
2009	#1981
2010	#1620
2011	#1522
2012	#1152
2013	#821
2014	#714
2015	#656
2016	#726
2017	#591
2018	#572
2019	#628
2020	#568
2021	#650
2022	#620
2023	#614
2024	#622

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Boys

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

In 2024: #339 among boys in Northern Ireland, #394 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #622 among boys in England and Wales, #727 among boys in Scotland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 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 recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #129 among boys in Northern Ireland, in 1997 (recorded 1997–2024).
Northern Ireland · Boys
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #432 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Boys

Emmett 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 769 births with the name.

Emmett 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.

Emmett'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)	#134 (1978)	#432 (2025)	61 of 61	769 (1965–2025)	30 (1981)
England and Wales · Boys	#2020 (1996)	#568 (2020)	#622 (2024)	26 of 29	766 (1996–2024)	65 (2018)
Northern Ireland · Boys	#129 (1997)	#129 (1997)	#339 (2024)	28 of 28	218 (1997–2024)	15 (1997)

Emmett 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 Emmett in Republic of Ireland · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	41	5 of 10	8
1970s	179	10 of 10	18
1980sbusiest	205	10 of 10	21
1990s	139	10 of 10	14
2000s	75	10 of 10	8
2010s	87	10 of 10	9
2020s	43	6 of 10	7

Across Republic of Ireland · Boys, the 1980s were its busiest decade, averaging 21 births a year.

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

Emmett 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 4 regions, from 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #129 in Northern Ireland in 1997.

Emmett'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
2024	England and Wales	male	#622	61	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#614	58	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#620	58	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#650	56	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#568	64	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#628	57	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#572	65	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#591	63	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#726	47	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#656	52	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#714	45	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#821	37	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1152	23	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1522	15	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1620	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1981	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#3687	4	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#4333	3	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#3385	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2418	6	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#3467	3	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#3225	3	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2587	4	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1850	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2020	5	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	male	#339	4	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	male	#272	6	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	male	#234	8	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	male	#326	5	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	male	#213	9	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	male	#312	5	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	male	#234	8	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	male	#250	7	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	male	#253	7	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	male	#288	6	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	male	#346	4	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	male	#244	7	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	male	#174	14	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	male	#218	9	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	male	#303	5	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	male	#262	6	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	male	#249	7	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	male	#255	6	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	male	#207	8	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	male	#205	8	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	male	#182	9	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	male	#162	11	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	male	#204	6	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	male	#280	3	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	male	#140	12	High	Verified
1999	Northern Ireland	male	#158	10	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	male	#144	13	High	Verified
1997	Northern Ireland	male	#129	15	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	male	#432	8	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	male	#394	9	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	male	#584	5	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	male	#380	10	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	male	#631	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	male	#459	7	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#438	8	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	male	#635	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	male	#495	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	male	#448	7	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	male	#397	9	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#347	12	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	male	#317	13	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	11	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#490	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	male	#354	11	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#532	5	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#412	8	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	male	#629	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	8	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	9	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	9	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	male	#228	12	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	male	#267	8	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#273	7	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	male	#274	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	male	#203	10	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#324	4	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	male	#196	14	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	15	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#241	7	High	Verified
1994	Republic of Ireland	male	#167	15	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	male	#160	21	High	Verified
1992	Republic of Ireland	male	#162	19	High	Verified
1991	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	20	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	14	High	Verified
1989	Republic of Ireland	male	#154	19	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	male	#141	24	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	male	#162	17	High	Verified
1986	Republic of Ireland	male	#167	15	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	male	#177	13	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	male	#151	21	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#152	21	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	male	#142	26	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	male	#137	30	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#166	19	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	male	#158	19	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#134	27	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#159	19	High	Verified
1976	Republic of Ireland	male	#181	15	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#177	15	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	male	#185	14	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	male	#145	22	High	Verified
1972	Republic of Ireland	male	#168	16	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	male	#168	15	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	male	#154	17	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	male	#179	11	High	Verified
1968	Republic of Ireland	male	#187	8	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	male	#176	9	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#177	8	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	male	#207	5	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	male	#727	3	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
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 4 registrars between 1965 and 2025, ranked in 61 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #129, first reached in 1997.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 65 births, registered in England and Wales in 2018.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 59 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.

Emmeline · #262, 33y
Emmet · #82, 61y
Emmi · #621, 29y
Emmie · #115, 30y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Wojciech · #131, 64y
Artur · #123, 64y
Edwin · #135, 63y
Syed · #136, 66y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

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

Mel · #129, 39y
Nial · #129, 47y
Przemyslaw · #129, 42y
Siobhain · #128, 39y

Emmett was ranked #129 in Northern Ireland · Boys in 1997. 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.

Emmett 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 Emmett without appearing here.

Emmett moved ahead of

Einar Compare
In 2010 they stood at #4333 and #4333 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2011 that had become #1522 and #4647.
Maddison Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3687 and #3687 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1620 and #4678.
Robyn Compare
In 2009 they stood at #2587 and #2587 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2010 that had become #1620 and #4678.
Graeme Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3385 and #2870 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2009 that had become #1981 and #4527.

Moved ahead of Emmett

Hunter Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1850 and #2425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #1425.
Kasper Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1850 and #2425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #1889.
Arlo Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1850 and #2943 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #3036 and #2142.
Riley Compare
In 2006 they stood at #334 and #493 in Republic of Ireland · Boys; by 2007 that had become #629 and #309.

Moved the opposite way to Emmett

Tadhg Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Emmett went from #207 to #432 while Tadhg went from #222 to #8.
Leon Compare
Between 1968 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Emmett went from #187 to #432 while Leon went from #207 to #73.
Dylan Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Emmett went from #179 to #432 while Dylan went from #246 to #69.
Evan Compare
Between 1969 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Emmett went from #179 to #432 while Evan went from #291 to #80.

Moved the same way as Emmett

Bruce Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Emmett went from #207 to #432 and Bruce from #222 to #676.
Derek Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Emmett went from #207 to #432 and Derek from #30 to #432.
Gregory Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Emmett went from #207 to #432 and Gregory from #80 to #829.
Jeremy Compare
Between 1965 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Emmett went from #207 to #432 and Jeremy from #170 to #432.

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 4 regions, from 1965 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #129 in Northern Ireland in 1997. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Emmett

Emmett at a glance

What stands out in Emmett's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Emmett across 3 official records

Emmett by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Emmett appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Emmett

Emmett and the names beside it

Emmett moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Emmett

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Moved the same way as Emmett

Emmett at a glance

What stands out in Emmett's record

Emmett across 3 official records

Emmett by decade in Republic of Ireland · Boys

Emmett 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 Emmett

Emmett and the names beside it

Emmett moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Emmett

Moved the opposite way to Emmett

Moved the same way as Emmett