It looks like you are grouping items in this view. Whatever field you are grouping by must have some empty cells, which is why the name is showing as "Empty."

Hi @endofthelineco ,

Is the field type of the project a Link to another record or a Multi-select?
Either way, you can change the initial value to prevent (EMPTY) from occurring.
In the case of a field for which no initial value can be set, there is also a way to force a change in value if the field is empty in Automation.