Feminine dossier · first seen 1986

Empress

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Empress
Creator: Social Security Administration

Stable Cross-generational persistence

Peak era

2019

Peak rank proxy

157

Current vitality

Rare

Generation

Gen Alpha

1986Peak 20192024

Peak year

2019

Decline from peak

38.9%

2024

All-time

1,668

Empress has avoided the sharper boom-and-bust cycles of fashion naming. Its strength is not novelty but endurance: steady recognition across eras, families, and classrooms.

Your name peaked in 2019, when 157 girls were named Empress.

In 2024, only 96 girls were given the name.

Down 38.9% from its peak.

All told, about 1,668 Americans have been named Empress and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1986.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationGen Alpha

StabilityModerate cultural durability

TrajectoryCross-generational persistence

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