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Empress

“Female ruler of an empire” — English, from Latin imperatrix origin

Girl's name · #2304 in the US (2025) · 2020s

Empress reached its best rank, #1424, in 2019 and ranked #2304 in 2025. About 1,800 girls have carried it since 1986.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 11 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Empresses

• Empress Dowager Cixi — Chinese empress (1835–1908)
• Empress Elisabeth of Austria — Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from 1854 to 1898 (1837–1898)
• Empress Matilda — Holy Roman Empress (1114–1125); claimant to the English throne
• Empress Masako — empress consort of Japan
• Empress Michiko — wife of Emperor Akihito of Japan

In stories & tradition

• Empress Jingū — legendary human figure
• Empress Oshihime — legendary human figure
• Empress Utsusikome — legendary human figure

What Empresses become

Among 57 notable people named Empress:

Political leaders appear 3.98× more often than among typical names — e.g. Empress Elisabeth of Austria, Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary from 1854 to 1898 (1837–1898).

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