Boy
Emmet
Meaning
This name is in the birth records, but its history has not yet been added to the library. We add meanings only when they can be given with a source.
Its wave through time
A revival, back after decades away
In the United States
- 6,373 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1880, about 1 in 3,200 boys
- 140 babies in 2020
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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