Emit

Boy · recorded 1881–2023

  • 2023last recorded
  • 1888best year

Most popular in 1888.

Last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Emit.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1881

0295818811917195219882023

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 49 recorded years as a table
Emit, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
188150
188452
188858
189241
189551
190047
190249
190839
191026
191122
191216
191312
19149
191514
191610
191713
191812
191913
192010
19216
192216
192314
19256
19267
19276
19286
19299
19325
19336
19366
19385
19396
19414
19663
19673
20103
20114
20125
20136
20147
20154
20165
20174
20187
20196
20204
20213
20223
20234

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Emit isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2023
7
Rank in 2023
#9,763
How rare
1 in 244,367 boys
Since 1881
390

Emit was last recorded in 2023. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1888, at 58 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Emit doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.