Emperor Popularity by Year
Follow Emperor across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Emperor birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Boys | 9 | #8,243 | Up 678 places |
| 2023 | Boys | 8 | #8,921 | Up 69 places |
| 2022 | Boys | 8 | #8,990 | Down 3,214 places |
| 2021 | Boys | 15 | #5,776 | Up 204 places |
| 2020 | Boys | 14 | #5,980 | Up 1,193 places |
| 2019 | Boys | 11 | #7,173 | Down 37 places |
| 2018 | Boys | 11 | #7,136 | Up 1,004 places |
| 2017 | Boys | 9 | #8,140 | Up 4,045 places |
| 2016 | Boys | 5 | #12,185 | Down 4,694 places |
| 2015 | Boys | 10 | #7,491 | Up 4,783 places |
| 2012 | Boys | 5 | #12,274 | Down 1,237 places |
| 2008 | Boys | 6 | #11,037 | — |