How Many People Are Named Napoleon?
people named Napoleon are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 93,896 people in the US has this name
Based on 7,810 babies named Napoleon in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
122 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the old Italian name Napoleone, used most notably by the French emperor Napoléon Bonaparte (1769-1821), who was born on Corsica. It is possibly derived from the Germanic Nibelungen, the name of a race of dwarfs in Germanic legend, which meant "sons of mist". Alternatively, it could be connected to the name of the Italian city of Napoli (Naples).
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
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⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Napoleon in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Napoleon alive today is about 50 years old, and 42% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 34 and 68 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Napoleon first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1926, to 122 babies. In 2025, 22 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Napoleon has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #297, in 1887. In 2025 it ranked #4,650.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #4,650 |
| Best rank | #297 (1887) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #625 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Napoleon alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Napoleon were born in California than in any other state: about 270 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Napoleon was given 6.1 times as often in Alabama, 5.8 times in Mississippi and 4.3 times in Georgia.
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