Meaning not yet researched.
Napoleon: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 22 in 2025. Its best rank was #297 in 1887.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #297 in 1887; #4,651 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Napoleon in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#4,651 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1887, at #297.
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Napoleon: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 22 boys in 2025. Peak: #297 in 1887 · most boys in one year: 122 (1926).
In 2025, 22 US boys were named Napoleon, making it the 4,651st most common boys’ name of the year, up 2,476 places from #7,127 in 2024. That is 10 more than the 12 boys named Napoleon in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #297, reached in 1887. The most boys given the name in a single year was 122, in 1926. For comparison, it was #5,211 in 2015 and #782 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Napoleon in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 31 babies with the name. In all, 7,810 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.9% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 1,041 babies named Napoleon.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 152 US boys were named Napoleon; the busiest of those years was 2018, with 26. In 2025 that was about 1 in 77,640 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Rarer spellings such as Napolean are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Leon, Nap and Nappy.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
No related spellings pass our data threshold.
Rare spellings summarised here: Napolean (370).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 22 | #4,651 |
| 2024 | — | — | 12 | #7,127 |
| 2023 | — | — | 13 | #6,784 |
| 2022 | — | — | 10 | #8,129 |
| 2021 | — | — | 14 | #6,240 |
| 2020 | — | — | 12 | #6,908 |
| 2019 | — | — | 15 | #6,019 |
| 2018 | — | — | 26 | #4,074 |
| 2017 | — | — | 15 | #5,979 |
| 2016 | — | — | 13 | #6,604 |
| 2015 | — | — | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2014 | — | — | 17 | #5,410 |
| 2013 | — | — | 38 | #2,983 |
| 2012 | — | — | 19 | #4,982 |
| 2011 | — | — | 20 | #4,777 |
| 2010 | — | — | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2009 | — | — | 19 | #5,050 |
| 2008 | — | — | 24 | #4,225 |
| 2007 | — | — | 32 | #3,424 |
| 2006 | — | — | 28 | #3,660 |
| 2005 | — | — | 31 | #3,296 |
| 2004 | — | — | 30 | #3,265 |
| 2003 | — | — | 33 | #2,974 |
| 2002 | — | — | 29 | #3,162 |
| 2001 | — | — | 42 | #2,370 |
| 2000 | — | — | 44 | #2,243 |
| 1999 | — | — | 28 | #2,997 |
| 1998 | — | — | 40 | #2,262 |
| 1997 | — | — | 35 | #2,381 |
| 1996 | — | — | 32 | #2,470 |
| 1995 | — | — | 38 | #2,161 |
| 1994 | — | — | 37 | #2,208 |
| 1993 | — | — | 36 | #2,198 |
| 1992 | — | — | 46 | #1,816 |
| 1991 | — | — | 41 | #1,910 |
| 1990 | — | — | 55 | #1,542 |
| 1989 | — | — | 67 | #1,346 |
| 1988 | — | — | 49 | #1,521 |
| 1987 | — | — | 68 | #1,170 |
| 1986 | — | — | 50 | #1,414 |
| 1985 | — | — | 53 | #1,326 |
| 1984 | — | — | 46 | #1,416 |
| 1983 | — | — | 45 | #1,416 |
| 1982 | — | — | 47 | #1,389 |
| 1981 | — | — | 54 | #1,257 |
| 1980 | — | — | 53 | #1,284 |
| 1979 | — | — | 47 | #1,362 |
| 1978 | — | — | 42 | #1,449 |
| 1977 | — | — | 52 | #1,236 |
| 1976 | — | — | 39 | #1,444 |
| 1975 | — | — | 56 | #1,133 |
| 1974 | — | — | 49 | #1,189 |
| 1973 | — | — | 54 | #1,118 |
| 1972 | — | — | 70 | #973 |
| 1971 | — | — | 54 | #1,120 |
| 1970 | — | — | 62 | #1,039 |
| 1969 | — | — | 90 | #815 |
| 1968 | — | — | 75 | #843 |
| 1967 | — | — | 89 | #777 |
| 1966 | — | — | 97 | #753 |
| 1965 | — | — | 83 | #811 |
| 1964 | — | — | 69 | #918 |
| 1963 | — | — | 69 | #904 |
| 1962 | — | — | 72 | #899 |
| 1961 | — | — | 76 | #879 |
| 1960 | — | — | 75 | #884 |
| 1959 | — | — | 89 | #811 |
| 1958 | — | — | 88 | #802 |
| 1957 | — | — | 73 | #888 |
| 1956 | — | — | 78 | #851 |
| 1955 | — | — | 121 | #666 |
| 1954 | — | — | 101 | #719 |
| 1953 | — | — | 85 | #770 |
| 1952 | — | — | 98 | #712 |
| 1951 | — | — | 89 | #739 |
| 1950 | — | — | 77 | #782 |
| 1949 | — | — | 86 | #744 |
| 1948 | — | — | 79 | #762 |
| 1947 | — | — | 84 | #750 |
| 1946 | — | — | 60 | #854 |
| 1945 | — | — | 60 | #805 |
| 1944 | — | — | 64 | #787 |
| 1943 | — | — | 70 | #785 |
| 1942 | — | — | 81 | #715 |
| 1941 | — | — | 61 | #812 |
| 1940 | — | — | 58 | #826 |
| 1939 | — | — | 75 | #689 |
| 1938 | — | — | 73 | #717 |
| 1937 | — | — | 67 | #747 |
| 1936 | — | — | 73 | #695 |
| 1935 | — | — | 93 | #603 |
| 1934 | — | — | 79 | #689 |
| 1933 | — | — | 85 | #629 |
| 1932 | — | — | 99 | #594 |
| 1931 | — | — | 74 | #707 |
| 1930 | — | — | 80 | #697 |
| 1929 | — | — | 96 | #625 |
| 1928 | — | — | 76 | #737 |
| 1927 | 5 | #5,380 | 94 | #656 |
| 1926 | — | — | 122 | #558 |
| 1925 | — | — | 111 | #598 |
| 1924 | — | — | 116 | #591 |
| 1923 | — | — | 112 | #598 |
| 1922 | — | — | 96 | #656 |
| 1921 | — | — | 117 | #587 |
| 1920 | — | — | 96 | #648 |
| 1919 | — | — | 109 | #574 |
| 1918 | — | — | 109 | #583 |
| 1917 | — | — | 79 | #677 |
| 1916 | — | — | 98 | #590 |
| 1915 | — | — | 102 | #560 |
| 1914 | — | — | 78 | #568 |
| 1913 | — | — | 74 | #505 |
| 1912 | — | — | 56 | #538 |
| 1911 | — | — | 48 | #417 |
| 1910 | — | — | 44 | #402 |
| 1909 | — | — | 35 | #425 |
| 1908 | — | — | 35 | #401 |
| 1907 | — | — | 24 | #482 |
| 1906 | — | — | 14 | #670 |
| 1905 | — | — | 25 | #446 |
| 1904 | — | — | 11 | #750 |
| 1903 | — | — | 16 | #566 |
| 1902 | — | — | 23 | #434 |
| 1901 | — | — | 24 | #390 |
| 1900 | — | — | 32 | #399 |
| 1899 | — | — | 20 | #423 |
| 1898 | — | — | 19 | #480 |
| 1897 | — | — | 23 | #398 |
| 1896 | — | — | 22 | #421 |
| 1895 | — | — | 27 | #365 |
| 1894 | — | — | 22 | #406 |
| 1893 | — | — | 23 | #380 |
| 1892 | — | — | 22 | #410 |
| 1891 | — | — | 24 | #356 |
| 1890 | — | — | 25 | #355 |
| 1889 | — | — | 20 | #412 |
| 1888 | — | — | 22 | #401 |
| 1887 | — | — | 32 | #297 |
| 1886 | — | — | 32 | #307 |
| 1885 | — | — | 26 | #339 |
| 1884 | — | — | 28 | #334 |
| 1883 | — | — | 22 | #368 |
| 1882 | — | — | 29 | #321 |
| 1881 | — | — | 25 | #329 |
| 1880 | — | — | 31 | #303 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).