Girls' name · since 1986
Empress
1,753 babies named Empress in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2019. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #5,146 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,317 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,753
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
1,753 babies have been named Empress since 1986, making it today's #2317 girls' name.
Empress has 1,753 recorded births among girls since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2317 as of the latest data, more common than 87% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2025.
- #5,146 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,317 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,753 born since 1986
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Empress ranks #5,146 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,317 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,753 born since 1986, peaking in the 2010s.
- #5,146 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,317 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,753
- born since 1986
- 2010s
- peak decade
Empress's 1,753 recorded births place it above 92.88% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
18 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Florida.
How Empress compares
1,753 Top 24% higher than 76% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Empress's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Empress | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,753 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 157 | 21 | 19,840 |
Empress's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Empress's SSA record in two at 2007 and the more recent half accounts for 86% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 14%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1986, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2019 peak of 157, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Empress popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 157
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Empress by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (734 births, 42% of the file).
2010s was Empress's strongest decade.
734 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Empress births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 109
1990s
109 births
- 2000s 230
2000s
230 births
- 2010s
2010s
734 births
- 2020s
2020s
670 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 734 births (42% of all-time use).
How Empress compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Empress's total volume
Empress by state
Where Empress concentrates geographically, total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Florida | | 204 | 11.6% |
| #2 | New York | | 188 | 10.7% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 141 | 8.0% |
| #4 | Texas | | 96 | 5.5% |
| #5 | North Carolina | | 75 | 4.3% |
| #6 | California | | 50 | 2.9% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 40 | 2.3% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 25 | 1.4% |
204 of 1,753 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 18 reporting states.
Empress appears in 18 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Empress's data
- Empress's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (734 total births) through the 2020s (670) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Florida records the most Empresss (204 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Florida names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Empress: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2019)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1986–2025 (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 Empress 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.