How Many People Are Named Empress?
An estimated 1,652 people in the United States have the first name Empress. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 11 years old, and Empress peaked in popularity in 2019 with 157 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Empress as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Empress paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Empress is a modern name. With an average bearer age of just 11, it has gained most of its popularity in recent years.
Estimated Living Americans
1,652
About 1 in 207,478 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
11
years old
Peak Year
2019
157 births
Total Registered
1,668
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Empress
Empress is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,668 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Empress as a female name
Ranked #2,029 in 2024
96 female births in 2024
Peak: 2019 (157 births)
Empress: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Empress span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 733 babies were registered. While Empress is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Empress by Decade
How has Empress tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Empress by State
Birth registrations for Empress span all 18 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in Florida, New York, Georgia. The lowest are in Mississippi, Louisiana, Michigan. On average, about 49 Empresss were registered per state.
Empress + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Empress as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Empress
Other first names starting with E with a similar number of bearers.
Empress: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Empress?
We estimate approximately 1,652 people named Empress are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 207,478 Americans share this first name.
Is Empress a common name?
Empress is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 92.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,668 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Empress most popular?
Empress reached peak popularity in 2019, when 157 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Empress is approximately 11 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Empress a female name?
Empress is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Empress Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Empress Smith, Empress Johnson, Empress Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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