Total births
111
Boys' name · since 2008
Emperor
Emperor has 111 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2021 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- 111
- total births
- 2008–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
Emperor is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 111 have been recorded since 2008.
Emperor has 111 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2008 to 2025.
- 111 total births
- 2008–2025 years on record
- 2020s peak decade
- 49% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
111 boys have been named Emperor since 2008, peaking in the 2020s, last recorded in 2025.
- 111
- total births
- 2008–2025
- years on record
- 2020s
- peak decade
- 49%
- born in that decade
2020s
Peak decade
49% of everyone ever named Emperor was born in this single decade.
2021
Single peak year
15 babies were named Emperor in 2021 - its busiest year on record.
Emperor's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Emperor's SSA record in two at 2019 and the more recent half accounts for 59% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 41%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2012, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2021 peak of 15, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Emperor at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
2021
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
2008
Emperor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2021)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Emperor by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2020s was Emperor's strongest decade.
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Emperor births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
51 births
- 2020s
2020s
54 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 54 births (49% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Emperor? ▼
Emperor has been given to 111 babies in the U.S. since 2008, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2025. 15 babies were born in 2021, its single highest year.
When was Emperor most popular? ▼
Emperor was most popular in the 2020s decade with 54 total births. The single peak year was 2021.
How long has the name Emperor been used? ▼
Emperor has been recorded in Social Security data since 2008, spanning 18 years of data through 2025.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2008–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Emperor: Baby Name Since 2008 - 111 Births, Peak 2021." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/emperor. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Emperor draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.