Emmett
A boys’ name of Hebrew origin, meaning truth; form of Immanuel.
How Emmett has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #139 |
| 2016 | #136 |
| 2017 | #124 |
| 2018 | #114 |
| 2019 | #107 |
| 2020 | #106 |
| 2021 | #103 |
| 2022 | #115 |
| 2023 | #118 |
| 2024 | #119 |
| 2025 | #121 |
Emmett by the numbers
In 2025, 50 babies in England and Wales were named Emmett. In the US, 3,156 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
At its height, in 1895, about 1 in 920 American boys born that year was called Emmett.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Emmett. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Emmett
Names that are said the same way as Emmett, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean truth
Like Emmett, each of these has truth in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Justinjust, righteous3,121 in the US (2017)
- Justicejustice; fairness; virtue name1,100 in the US (2017)
- Dilantrue sea or faithful; a variant of Dylan229 in the US (2017)
- Justusjust, righteous223 in the US (2017)
- Trumanfaithful man, true man175 in the US (2017)
- Truetttrue; faithful; honest135 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Emmett
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