Cleopatra

#3,577 for girls in 2025, 42 births

Peak · girls
#1,069
1910 · 17 births
Debut · girls
1889
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,484
since 1889

Cleopatra over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Cleopatra has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201921peak #1,069, 1910girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#3,57742
2024#3,39546
2023#3,98437
2022#3,12352
2021#3,93537
2020#3,60741
2019#3,66541
2018#4,07635
2017#4,69529
2016#4,99027
2015#5,65323
2014#6,71318
2013#6,01721
2012#8,20814
2011#5,93522
2010#8,27114
2009#10,67910
2008#6,55920
2007#7,39417
2006#6,59219
2005#11,8348
2004#7,07716
2003#7,58014
2002#8,28012
2001#5,36421
2000#3,88632
1999#3,56934
1998#5,12320
1997#5,22819
1996#6,39214
1995#7,51411
1994#4,68721
1993#4,82620
1992#4,84920
1991#5,65916
1990#5,83515
1989#4,67019
1988#4,17221
1987#5,07415
1986#4,96415
1985#4,63516
1984#4,96614
1983#4,88414
1982#5,20913
1981#4,16218
1980#5,24513
1979#3,14726
1978#2,85928
1977#3,26723
1976#3,18822
1975#2,41133
1974#1,73352
1973#2,22335
1972#5,4809
1971#8,3245
1970#7,0706
1969#4,72310
1968#4,48910
1967#5,4577
1966#5,8096
1965#5,2897
1964#3,87912
1963#3,80112
1962#3,29315
1961—
1960#4,4379
1959#4,6258
1958#4,5208
1957#3,93010
1956#3,49312
1955#3,57111
1954#3,32512
1953#2,36320
1952#2,67116
1951#2,93713
1950#2,18520
1949#2,99912
1948#2,07022
1947#2,27919
1946#2,88012
1945#2,91610
1944#3,1399
1943#2,44714
1942#2,41614
1941#2,39713
1940#2,9639
1939#3,1458
1938#2,73010
1937#1,91417
1936#1,87317
1935#1,66321
1934#1,69720
1933#1,36428
1932#1,23734
1931#1,25833
1930#1,70322
1929#1,33932
1928#1,17942
1927#1,12746
1926#1,83022
1925#1,74824
1924#1,67926
1923#1,38833
1922#1,46431
1921#1,20541
1920#1,15243
1919#1,13342
1918#1,41130
1917#1,33730
1916#1,80519
1915#1,88317
1914#1,44420
1913#1,67013
1912#1,35216
1911#1,07117
1910#1,06917
1909#2,2085
1908#1,13513
1907#1,20611
1906#1,4168
1905#1,9315
1904#1,8775
1903#1,4407
1902#1,4387
1901—
1900—
1899#1,5965
1898#1,5026
1897#1,5555
1896#1,2927
1895—
1894—
1893#1,4375
1892#1,4505
1891—
1890#1,2106
1889#1,1476
1888—
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First appearance
1889

The first year at least five girls were named Cleopatra! It came in at #1,147, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1891–1895, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Cleopatra
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 182 spots since 2024 (#3,395 → #3,577)
  • 30 spots since 2020 (#3,607 → #3,577)
  • 2,076 spots since 2015 (#5,653 → #3,577)
Rise & fade · girls
21 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1889
  • Peaked 1910 at #1,069 (17 births)
  • Births halved by 1939, 29 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 23,324
  • Highest: 1 in 23,324 girls born in 1910 were named Cleopatra (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 38,268 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 13.7% of all girls named Cleopatra (340) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s6#1,147 (1889)#1,147
1890s39#1,210 (1890)#1,435
1900s61#1,135 (1908)#1,581
1910s221#1,069 (1910)#1,418
1920s340#1,127 (1927)#1,411
1930s210#1,237 (1932)#1,858
1940s134#2,070 (1948)#2,651
1950s130#2,185 (1950)#3,362
1960s88#3,293 (1962)#4,575
1970s239#1,733 (1974)#3,970
1980s158#4,162 (1981)#4,798
1990s190#3,569 (1999)#5,368
2000s169#3,886 (2000)#7,525
2010s244#3,665 (2019)#5,822
2020s255#3,123 (2022)#3,604

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Cleopatra in 1921

girls
#1,205
41 births · 1 in 30,075 girls

Top girls' names in 1921

  1. #1Mary73,984
  2. #2Dorothy39,087
  3. #3Helen34,822
  4. #4Margaret28,468
  5. #5Ruth25,783
  6. #6Virginia19,032
  7. #7Mildred17,880
  8. #8Betty17,638
  9. #9Frances15,993
  10. #10Elizabeth15,800
  11. #1,205Cleopatra41
More about 1921

girls

1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 30,075 of them was named Cleopatra, which outranked 79.5% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Cleopatra
  1. #1,184Silvia42
  2. #1,184Toshiko42
  3. #1,184Twyla42
  4. #1,205Cleopatra41
  5. #1,205Allean41
  6. #1,205Alleen41
  7. #1,205Coletta41
  8. #1,222Chiyoko40
  9. #1,222Cleda40
  10. #1,222Congetta40

Tied with 16 names at #1,205; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,238Elwanda#4,975 → #737
  2. ↑ 458Noreen#1,255 → #797
  3. ↑ 440Venice#1,375 → #935
  4. ↑ 343Isobel#1,312 → #969
  5. ↑ 306Aida#1,119 → #813
Fallers
  1. ↓ 612Lilia#931 → #1,543
  2. ↓ 345Denise#931 → #1,276
  3. ↓ 330Aleen#968 → #1,298
  4. ↓ 269Virgil#968 → #1,237
  5. ↓ 265Aldona#903 → #1,168

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1921 →