Napoleon
Last seen for girls in 1927 at #4,805 · #4,539 for boys in 2025, 22 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1887 · 32 births
- Debut · boys
- 31 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 7,805since 1880
Napoleon over time
Rank among boys' names. Napoleon has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #4,539 | 22 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,832 | 12 | |
| 2023 | — | #6,517 | 13 | |
| 2022 | — | #7,768 | 10 | |
| 2021 | — | #6,032 | 14 | |
| 2020 | — | #6,620 | 12 | |
| 2019 | — | #5,813 | 15 | |
| 2018 | — | #3,993 | 26 | |
| 2017 | — | #5,788 | 15 | |
| 2016 | — | #6,349 | 13 | |
| 2015 | — | #5,058 | 18 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,252 | 17 | |
| 2013 | — | #2,955 | 38 | |
| 2012 | — | #4,862 | 19 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,659 | 20 | |
| 2010 | — | #4,241 | 23 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,922 | 19 | |
| 2008 | — | #4,145 | 24 | |
| 2007 | — | #3,379 | 32 | |
| 2006 | — | #3,602 | 28 | |
| 2005 | — | #3,241 | 31 | |
| 2004 | — | #3,217 | 30 | |
| 2003 | — | #2,922 | 33 | |
| 2002 | — | #3,095 | 29 | |
| 2001 | — | #2,346 | 42 | |
| 2000 | — | #2,222 | 44 | |
| 1999 | — | #2,939 | 28 | |
| 1998 | — | #2,235 | 40 | |
| 1997 | — | #2,347 | 35 | |
| 1996 | — | #2,441 | 32 | |
| 1995 | — | #2,140 | 38 | |
| 1994 | — | #2,181 | 37 | |
| 1993 | — | #2,162 | 36 | |
| 1992 | — | #1,804 | 46 | |
| 1991 | — | #1,895 | 41 | |
| 1990 | — | #1,530 | 55 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,336 | 67 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,514 | 49 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,161 | 68 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,403 | 50 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,321 | 53 | |
| 1984 | — | #1,399 | 46 | |
| 1983 | — | #1,399 | 45 | |
| 1982 | — | #1,382 | 47 | |
| 1981 | — | #1,246 | 54 | |
| 1980 | — | #1,272 | 53 | |
| 1979 | — | #1,352 | 47 | |
| 1978 | — | #1,438 | 42 | |
| 1977 | — | #1,221 | 52 | |
| 1976 | — | #1,427 | 39 | |
| 1975 | — | #1,127 | 56 | |
| 1974 | — | #1,182 | 49 | |
| 1973 | — | #1,108 | 54 | |
| 1972 | — | #968 | 70 | |
| 1971 | — | #1,109 | 54 | |
| 1970 | — | #1,031 | 62 | |
| 1969 | — | #812 | 90 | |
| 1968 | — | #840 | 75 | |
| 1967 | — | #774 | 89 | |
| 1966 | — | #750 | 97 | |
| 1965 | — | #809 | 83 | |
| 1964 | — | #914 | 69 | |
| 1963 | — | #899 | 69 | |
| 1962 | — | #896 | 72 | |
| 1961 | — | #874 | 76 | |
| 1960 | — | #876 | 75 | |
| 1959 | — | #808 | 89 | |
| 1958 | — | #796 | 88 | |
| 1957 | — | #884 | 73 | |
| 1956 | — | #849 | 78 | |
| 1955 | — | #663 | 121 | |
| 1954 | — | #717 | 101 | |
| 1953 | — | #768 | 85 | |
| 1952 | — | #709 | 98 | |
| 1951 | — | #736 | 89 | |
| 1950 | — | #778 | 77 | |
| 1949 | — | #742 | 86 | |
| 1948 | — | #760 | 79 | |
| 1947 | — | #748 | 84 | |
| 1946 | — | #848 | 60 | |
| 1945 | — | #798 | 60 | |
| 1944 | — | #782 | 64 | |
| 1943 | — | #781 | 70 | |
| 1942 | — | #713 | 81 | |
| 1941 | — | #807 | 61 | |
| 1940 | — | #818 | 58 | |
| 1939 | — | #685 | 75 | |
| 1938 | — | #715 | 73 | |
| 1937 | — | #742 | 67 | |
| 1936 | — | #690 | 73 | |
| 1935 | — | #602 | 93 | |
| 1934 | — | #682 | 79 | |
| 1933 | — | #629 | 85 | |
| 1932 | — | #592 | 99 | |
| 1931 | — | #702 | 74 | |
| 1930 | — | #696 | 80 | |
| 1929 | — | #620 | 96 | |
| 1928 | — | #735 | 76 | |
| 1927 | #4,805 | 5 | #653 | 94 |
| 1926 | — | #552 | 122 | |
| 1925 | — | #596 | 111 | |
| 1924 | — | #589 | 116 | |
| 1923 | — | #596 | 112 | |
| 1922 | — | #653 | 96 | |
| 1921 | — | #586 | 117 | |
| 1920 | — | #646 | 96 | |
| 1919 | — | #574 | 109 | |
| 1918 | — | #582 | 109 | |
| 1917 | — | #674 | 79 | |
| 1916 | — | #585 | 98 | |
| 1915 | — | #558 | 102 | |
| 1914 | — | #567 | 78 | |
| 1913 | — | #503 | 74 | |
| 1912 | — | #532 | 56 | |
| 1911 | — | #416 | 48 | |
| 1910 | — | #396 | 44 | |
| 1909 | — | #419 | 35 | |
| 1908 | — | #400 | 35 | |
| 1907 | — | #472 | 24 | |
| 1906 | — | #640 | 14 | |
| 1905 | — | #430 | 25 | |
| 1904 | — | #723 | 11 | |
| 1903 | — | #550 | 16 | |
| 1902 | — | #426 | 23 | |
| 1901 | — | #383 | 24 | |
| 1900 | — | #393 | 32 | |
| 1899 | — | #415 | 20 | |
| 1898 | — | #473 | 19 | |
| 1897 | — | #392 | 23 | |
| 1896 | — | #417 | 22 | |
| 1895 | — | #358 | 27 | |
| 1894 | — | #399 | 22 | |
| 1893 | — | #371 | 23 | |
| 1892 | — | #404 | 22 | |
| 1891 | — | #349 | 24 | |
| 1890 | — | #351 | 25 | |
| 1889 | — | #405 | 20 | |
| 1888 | — | #398 | 22 | |
| 1887 | — | #294 | 32 | |
| 1886 | — | #301 | 32 | |
| 1885 | — | #332 | 26 | |
| 1884 | — | #331 | 28 | |
| 1883 | — | #359 | 22 | |
| 1882 | — | #317 | 29 | |
| 1881 | — | #324 | 25 | |
| 1880 | — | #299 | 31 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Napoleon was already there! It came in at #299, and was given to 31 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2019–2024, when fewer than 16 boys a year got the name.
Where Napoleon is popular in 1919
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Massachusetts#210 · 1 in 2,526
- North Carolina#237 · 1 in 1,915
- Alabama#280 · 1 in 2,123
- Mississippi#285 · 1 in 2,178
- Arkansas#319 · 1 in 2,458
Best ever in a state: #112 in New Hampshire, 1922.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | #210 | 12 | 1 in 2,526 |
| North Carolina | #237 | 16 | 1 in 1,915 |
| Alabama | #280 | 12 | 1 in 2,123 |
| Mississippi | #285 | 9 | 1 in 2,178 |
| Arkansas | #319 | 7 | 1 in 2,458 |
| Louisiana | #376 | 6 | 1 in 2,981 |
| Virginia | #378 | 5 | 1 in 4,357 |
| Tennessee | #400 | 5 | 1 in 4,378 |
| Texas | #548 | 9 | 1 in 5,017 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Napoleon
- 2,293 spots since 2024 (#6,832 → #4,539)
- 2,081 spots since 2020 (#6,620 → #4,539)
- 519 spots since 2015 (#5,058 → #4,539)
- Biggest jump: 293 spots in 1905 (#723 → #430)
- Biggest drop: 219 spots in 1970 (#812 → #1,031)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1887 at #294 (32 births)
- Births halved by 1903, 16 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 91 yrs · run 1880–1969
- Highest: 1 in 3,169 boys born in 1887 were named Napoleon (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 77,640 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 13.3% of all boys named Napoleon (1,036) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 267 | #294 (1887) | #336 |
| 1890s | 227 | #349 (1891) | #393 |
| 1900s | 239 | #383 (1901) | #484 |
| 1910s | 797 | #396 (1910) | #539 |
| 1920s | 1,036 | #552 (1926) | #623 |
| 1930s | 798 | #592 (1932) | #674 |
| 1940s | 703 | #713 (1942) | #780 |
| 1950s | 899 | #663 (1955) | #771 |
| 1960s | 795 | #750 (1966) | #844 |
| 1970s | 525 | #968 (1972) | #1,196 |
| 1980s | 532 | #1,161 (1987) | #1,343 |
| 1990s | 388 | #1,530 (1990) | #2,167 |
| 2000s | 312 | #2,222 (2000) | #3,309 |
| 2010s | 204 | #2,955 (2013) | #4,897 |
| 2020s | 83 | #4,539 (2025) | #6,385 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Napoleon in 1919
Top boys' names in 1919
More about 1919
boys
980,122 boys got a published name in 1919; 1 in 8,992 of them was named Napoleon, which outranked 88.1% of the 4,810 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).