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Emmett

Emmett means “whole, universal”. 62,415 US babies since 1940, peak 2021.

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What it means

“whole, universal”

Well documented

In US birth records

Peak year: 2021

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62,415 US babies were named Emmett between 1940 and 2025.

Careers

Not enough notable people named Emmett (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.

Spelling family

The most common spelling: 76% of the family

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 2021)