Cleopatra
Girl · klee-o-PAT-ra · Greek
Cleopatra is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “glory of the father”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 3,576th for girls in the US (42 babies).
What does Cleopatra mean?
Greek: from Greek kleos, glory, and pater, father
“glory of the father”
Cleopatra VII was the last active ruler of Ptolemaic Egypt, famed for her alliances with Julius Caesar and Mark Antony.
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- klee-o-PAT-ra
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Is Cleopatra a girl's or a boy's name?
Cleopatra is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 42 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Cleopatra in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,779among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 20% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Cleopatra, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,246th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 31 girls.
Half of all the girls named Cleopatra in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 21 girls in the UK were given Cleopatra or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,314, up from #1,779 for this spelling alone.
- Cleopatra 17
- Kleopatra 4
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,719th in England and Wales.
Cleopatra in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 16 | #1,881 |
| 2023 | 19 | #1,666 |
| 2022 | 31 | #1,150 |
| 2021 | 24 | #1,393 |
| 2020 | 28 | #1,246 |
| 2019 | 21 | #1,531 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,904 |
| 2017 | 13 | #2,210 |
| 2016 | 21 | #1,605 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,887 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 11 | #2,298 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 7 | #2,295 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Cleopatra in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,576among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 42about 1 in 38,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 42 girls in the US were named Cleopatra, making it the 3,576th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,606th. Its busiest year was 1974, with 52 girls. It first appears in the records in 1889.
Half of all the girls named Cleopatra in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Cleopatra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #3,576 |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,395 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,982 |
| 2022 | 52 | #3,123 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,933 |
| 2020 | 41 | #3,606 |
| 2019 | 41 | #3,664 |
| 2018 | 35 | #4,075 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 27 | #4,989 |
| 2015 | 23 | #5,651 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,711 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,204 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,590 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,072 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,575 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,274 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,359 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,881 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,566 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,119 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,224 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,509 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,682 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,653 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,664 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,167 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,633 |
| 1984 | 14 | #4,965 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,161 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,244 |
| 1979 | 26 | #3,147 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,859 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,266 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,187 |
| 1975 | 33 | #2,411 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,733 |
| 1973 | 35 | #2,223 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,722 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,488 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,288 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,800 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,292 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,436 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,492 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,570 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,324 |
| 1953 | 20 | #2,362 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,670 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,936 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,184 |
| 1949 | 12 | #2,998 |
| 1948 | 22 | #2,069 |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,278 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,879 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,915 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,446 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,415 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,396 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,962 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,143 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,914 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,873 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,663 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,697 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,364 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,237 |
| 1931 | 33 | #1,258 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,702 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,338 |
| 1928 | 42 | #1,178 |
| 1927 | 46 | #1,127 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,829 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,747 |
| 1924 | 26 | #1,679 |
| 1923 | 33 | #1,388 |
| 1922 | 31 | #1,464 |
| 1921 | 41 | #1,205 |
| 1920 | 43 | #1,152 |
| 1919 | 42 | #1,133 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,411 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,337 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,805 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,882 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,444 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,670 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,352 |
| 1911 | 17 | #1,071 |
| 1910 | 17 | #1,069 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,208 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,135 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,206 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,416 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,876 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,438 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,501 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,554 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,292 |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,450 |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,209 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,146 |
Nicknames for Cleopatra
- Cleo 451 girls in the UK in 2025
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