Empress Girl

How popular is Empress?

#2,298 girl name in 2025

79 baby girls were named Empress in the US in 2025, making it the 2298th most popular girl name.

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1,743living people named Empress (est.)
8median age of people named Empress
1,753babies named Empress since 1880
1 in 41,966US babies born in 2025

Empress popularity over time

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Rank in 2025#2,298 for girls (▼ 287 from 2024)
Babies in 202579 girls
10-year trendRising (+18% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#2,646 in 2015, #1,559 in 2020
Peak year2019 (157 girls)
Highest rank#1,423 in 2019
First recorded1986
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)0% boys, 100% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Where Empress is most popular

Babies named Empress per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Georgia: 0.3 per 1,000 (60 girls)
  2. North Carolina: 0.2 per 1,000 (37 girls)
  3. Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (63 girls)
  4. South Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (13 girls)
  5. Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (17 girls)

Empress by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1980s10#10,907
1990s109#5,213
2000s230#4,178
2010s734#1,423
2020s670#1,559

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Questions

Is Empress a boy or girl name?
Empress is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Empress were girls.
How popular is the name Empress?
79 baby girls were named Empress in the US in 2025, making it the 2298th most popular girl name.
When was Empress most popular?
Empress peaked in 2019, when 157 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,423 in 2019.
How many people are named Empress?
1,753 babies have been named Empress in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,743 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
Where is Empress most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Empress was most common in Georgia, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.