Emmet
Boy5 letters
#829
in Ireland (2025)
#787 with spellings combined
3
babies in 2025
#82
best rank (1992)
2,134
babies since 1965
Down 530
10-year rank change
Emmet through the years
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| Year | Babies (boys) | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #787 |
| 2024 | 4 | #628 |
| 2023 | 4 | #626 |
| 2022 | 7 | #438 |
| 2021 | 6 | #479 |
| 2020 | 8 | #418 |
| 2019 | 19 | #241 |
| 2018 | 14 | #302 |
| 2017 | 11 | #356 |
| 2016 | 16 | #283 |
| 2015 | 19 | #257 |
| 2014 | 15 | #302 |
| 2013 | 17 | #276 |
| 2012 | 21 | #250 |
| 2011 | 28 | #204 |
| 2010 | 24 | #229 |
| 2009 | 31 | #185 |
| 2008 | 19 | #247 |
| 2007 | 27 | #186 |
| 2006 | 27 | #173 |
| 2005 | 35 | #141 |
| 2004 | 33 | #139 |
| 2003 | 38 | #126 |
| 2002 | 34 | #129 |
| 2001 | 38 | #118 |
| 2000 | 41 | #113 |
| 1999 | 26 | #133 |
| 1998 | 45 | #95 |
| 1997 | 53 | #96 |
| 1996 | 58 | #99 |
| 1995 | 49 | #104 |
| 1994 | 57 | #95 |
| 1993 | 59 | #97 |
| 1992 | 75 | #82 |
| 1991 | 65 | #90 |
| 1990 | 70 | #88 |
| 1989 | 49 | #99 |
| 1988 | 46 | #105 |
| 1987 | 54 | #97 |
| 1986 | 64 | #91 |
| 1985 | 53 | #101 |
| 1984 | 49 | #108 |
| 1983 | 54 | #101 |
| 1982 | 58 | #102 |
| 1981 | 75 | #87 |
| 1980 | 51 | #110 |
| 1979 | 53 | #108 |
| 1978 | 67 | #98 |
| 1977 | 44 | #114 |
| 1976 | 50 | #107 |
| 1975 | 41 | #114 |
| 1974 | 29 | #128 |
| 1973 | 40 | #117 |
| 1972 | 32 | #125 |
| 1971 | 28 | #131 |
| 1970 | 20 | #146 |
| 1969 | 28 | #115 |
| 1968 | 19 | #134 |
| 1967 | 16 | #137 |
| 1966 | 13 | #144 |
| 1965 | 5 | #207 |
Source: CSO, Irish Babies' Names (VSA50, VSA60), CC BY 4.0.
We haven't written up the meaning and story of Emmet yet. The popularity figures above come straight from the CSO.
Spellings counted here
| Spelling | 2025 | All years |
|---|---|---|
| Emmet | 3 | 2,134 |
In Northern Ireland
Not in the 2025 list. Best rank #118 (1999); 210 babies since 1997.
Source: NISRA, Open Government Licence.