Empress has been given to about 1,753 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 2019, which makes it a current name.
Its best year was 2019, when 157 babies were given the name, ranking 1424th. The typical living American called Empress is about 8 years old today. It is relatively most common in Georgia, where it accounts for 0.01% of births.
Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.