How Many People Are Named Emit?
An estimated 144 people in the United States have the first name Emit. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 22 years old, and Emit peaked in popularity in 1922 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Emit 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 Emit paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
144
About 1 in 2,380,238 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
22
years old
Peak Year
1922
17 births
Total Registered
390
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Emit
Emit is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 390 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Emit as a male name
Ranked #10,032 in 2023
7 male births in 2023
Peak: 1922 (17 births)
Emit: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Emit span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 10 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 96 babies were registered. Emit has declined significantly from its peak in the 2010s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Emit by Decade
How has Emit 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.
Emit + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Emit as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Emit
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Emit: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Emit?
We estimate approximately 144 people named Emit 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 2,380,238 Americans share this first name.
Is Emit a common name?
Emit is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 69.7% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 390 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Emit most popular?
Emit reached peak popularity in 1922, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Emit is approximately 22 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Emit a male name?
Emit is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Emit Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Emit Smith, Emit Johnson, Emit 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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