Emperor
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- EM-per-er
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Emperor is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “ruler of an empire”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Emperor mean?
English: English word, from Latin imperator via Old French
“ruler of an empire”
From the English word emperor, which comes from Latin imperator, 'commander'.
Is Emperor a girl's or a boy's name?
Emperor is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Emperor in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,239th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9 about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Emperor, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 15 boys. It first appears in the records in 2008.
Half of all the boys named Emperor in the US since 1880 were born between 2017 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Emperor in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 11 | #7,132 |
| 2017 | 9 | #8,136 |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
Names like Emperor
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Everest, Archer, Ledger, Wylder, Eliam, Major, Valor, Baylor, Wilder, Caspian, Thiago, Evander
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Emperor: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/emperor, updated 20 October 2026.