Empress
Empress was the 2304th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 79 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 1424th with 157 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 356 places. More babies were named Empress in the 2010s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,304 girls, down 740 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 79girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2019157 babies
- Total since 1880
- 1,753babies recorded
Empress popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,304 | 79 |
| 2020 | #1,564 | 135 |
| 2010 | #4,225 | 35 |
| 2000 | #4,839 | 24 |
| 1990 | #6,232 | 14 |
| 1980 | — | — |
| 1970 | — | — |
| 1960 | — | — |
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| 1930 | — | — |
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| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Empress, counting every spelling?
Empress has no other common spelling that sounds the same.
How many kids will share the name Empress?
79 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Empress (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Empress born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 106 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Empress.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Empress?
About 1,700 people born in the US named Empress are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 5 and 14. That makes Empress a young name: most people with it are children.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Empress by state
How common Empress was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (4.0×), North Carolina (2.5×), Florida (2.2×). In 38 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Empress
How popular is the name Empress?
Empress was the 2304th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 79 babies. Its best year was 2019, when it ranked 1424th with 157 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 356 places. More babies were named Empress in the 2010s than in any other decade.
Is Empress a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Empress in the US.
Where is Empress most popular?
In 2021–2025, Empress was most common in Georgia (0.26 per 1,000 girls), followed by North Carolina and Florida.