Emperor — boys' name
111 babies named Emperor in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2021. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
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
49% of everyone ever named Emperor was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Emperor in 2021 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Emperor
The Social Security Administration has registered 111 babies named Emperor between 2008 and 2025, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Emperor currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2025. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Emperor performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 54 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Emperor shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Emperor in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 111 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Emperor at a glance
Last recorded 2025Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Emperor popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2025–2008
- Peak year (2021)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2025.
111 total births across 18 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2021 with 15 births in a single year.
Emperor by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 54 births that decade — 49% of Emperor's all-time total
Emperor decade highlights
- Peak decade 54 births
- Runner-up 51 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Emperor's strongest decade
54 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2008–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.