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.
- #16,722 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,706 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 111
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Emperor is the #8706 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 111 recorded since 2008.
Emperor has 111 recorded births among boys since 2008, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8706 as of the latest data, more common than 38% of boys, 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.
- #16,722 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #8,706 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 111 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Emperor ranks #16,722 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,706 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 111 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #16,722 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #8,706 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 111
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Emperor's 111 recorded births place it above 63.12% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Emperor compares
111 28th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Emperor's all-time total is 70% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Emperor | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 111 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 15 | 34 | 22,252 |
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 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
2020s is the heaviest window (54 births, 49% of the file).
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).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Emperor: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2021)
Similar record span (~17 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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).
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 August 2026.