How Many People Are Named Emet?
An estimated 339 people in the United States have the first name Emet. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 9 years old, and Emet peaked in popularity in 2024 with 36 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Emet as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Emet paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
339
About 1 in 1,011,075 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
9
years old
Peak Year
2024
36 births
Total Registered
351
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Emet
Emet is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 351 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Emet as a male name
Ranked #3,280 in 2024
36 male births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (36 births)
Emet: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Emet span from the 1920s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 182 babies were registered. While Emet is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Emet by Decade
How has Emet tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Emet by State
Emet + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Emet as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Emet
Other first names starting with E with a similar number of bearers.
Emet: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Emet?
We estimate approximately 339 people named Emet are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,011,075 Americans share this first name.
Is Emet a common name?
Emet is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 80.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 351 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Emet most popular?
Emet reached peak popularity in 2024, when 36 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Emet is approximately 9 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Emet a male name?
Emet is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Emet Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Emet Smith, Emet Johnson, Emet Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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