Napoleon
- Gender
- Boy
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Napoleon is a boys' name of French origin. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Napoleon mean?
French
A male given name from Italian sometimes given in honor of the French emperor.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Napoleon a girl's or a boy's name?
Napoleon is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Napoleon in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,538th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22 about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Napoleon, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,616th. Its busiest year was 1926, with 122 boys.
2025 had more boys named Napoleon than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Napoleon in the US since 1880 were born between 1924 and 1971. It was already well used in 1880, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Napoleon in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 13 | #6,512 |
| 2022 | 10 | #7,762 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 12 | #6,616 |
| 2019 | 15 | #5,808 |
| 2018 | 26 | #3,989 |
| 2017 | 15 | #5,784 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 17 | #5,248 |
| 2013 | 38 | #2,953 |
| 2012 | 19 | #4,857 |
| 2011 | 20 | #4,657 |
| 2010 | 23 | #4,240 |
| 2009 | 19 | #4,920 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 32 | #3,377 |
| 2006 | 28 | #3,600 |
| 2005 | 31 | #3,237 |
| 2004 | 30 | #3,213 |
| 2003 | 33 | #2,918 |
| 2002 | 29 | #3,091 |
| 2001 | 42 | #2,342 |
| 2000 | 44 | #2,218 |
| 1999 | 28 | #2,935 |
| 1998 | 40 | #2,232 |
| 1997 | 35 | #2,344 |
| 1996 | 32 | #2,436 |
| 1995 | 38 | #2,135 |
| 1994 | 37 | #2,176 |
| 1993 | 36 | #2,157 |
| 1992 | 46 | #1,799 |
| 1991 | 41 | #1,889 |
| 1990 | 55 | #1,525 |
| 1989 | 67 | #1,331 |
| 1988 | 49 | #1,509 |
| 1987 | 68 | #1,160 |
| 1986 | 50 | #1,402 |
| 1985 | 53 | #1,320 |
| 1984 | 46 | #1,398 |
| 1983 | 45 | #1,398 |
| 1982 | 47 | #1,381 |
| 1981 | 54 | #1,246 |
| 1980 | 53 | #1,272 |
| 1979 | 47 | #1,352 |
| 1978 | 42 | #1,438 |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,221 |
| 1976 | 39 | #1,427 |
| 1975 | 56 | #1,127 |
| 1974 | 49 | #1,182 |
| 1973 | 54 | #1,108 |
| 1972 | 70 | #968 |
| 1971 | 54 | #1,109 |
| 1970 | 62 | #1,031 |
| 1969 | 90 | #812 |
| 1968 | 75 | #840 |
| 1967 | 89 | #774 |
| 1966 | 97 | #750 |
| 1965 | 83 | #809 |
| 1964 | 69 | #914 |
| 1963 | 69 | #898 |
| 1962 | 72 | #895 |
| 1961 | 76 | #873 |
| 1960 | 75 | #875 |
| 1959 | 89 | #807 |
| 1958 | 88 | #795 |
| 1957 | 73 | #883 |
| 1956 | 78 | #848 |
| 1955 | 121 | #662 |
| 1954 | 101 | #716 |
| 1953 | 85 | #767 |
| 1952 | 98 | #708 |
| 1951 | 89 | #735 |
| 1950 | 77 | #777 |
| 1949 | 86 | #741 |
| 1948 | 79 | #759 |
| 1947 | 84 | #747 |
| 1946 | 60 | #848 |
| 1945 | 60 | #798 |
| 1944 | 64 | #782 |
| 1943 | 70 | #781 |
| 1942 | 81 | #713 |
| 1941 | 61 | #807 |
| 1940 | 58 | #818 |
| 1939 | 75 | #685 |
| 1938 | 73 | #715 |
| 1937 | 67 | #742 |
| 1936 | 73 | #690 |
| 1935 | 93 | #602 |
| 1934 | 79 | #682 |
| 1933 | 85 | #629 |
| 1932 | 99 | #592 |
| 1931 | 74 | #702 |
| 1930 | 80 | #696 |
| 1929 | 96 | #620 |
| 1928 | 76 | #735 |
| 1927 | 94 | #653 |
| 1926 | 122 | #552 |
| 1925 | 111 | #596 |
| 1924 | 116 | #589 |
| 1923 | 112 | #596 |
| 1922 | 96 | #653 |
| 1921 | 117 | #586 |
| 1920 | 96 | #646 |
| 1919 | 109 | #574 |
| 1918 | 109 | #582 |
| 1917 | 79 | #674 |
| 1916 | 98 | #585 |
| 1915 | 102 | #558 |
| 1914 | 78 | #567 |
| 1913 | 74 | #503 |
| 1912 | 56 | #532 |
| 1911 | 48 | #416 |
| 1910 | 44 | #396 |
| 1909 | 35 | #419 |
| 1908 | 35 | #400 |
| 1907 | 24 | #472 |
| 1906 | 14 | #640 |
| 1905 | 25 | #430 |
| 1904 | 11 | #723 |
| 1903 | 16 | #550 |
| 1902 | 23 | #426 |
| 1901 | 24 | #383 |
| 1900 | 32 | #393 |
| 1899 | 20 | #415 |
| 1898 | 19 | #473 |
| 1897 | 23 | #392 |
| 1896 | 22 | #417 |
| 1895 | 27 | #358 |
| 1894 | 22 | #399 |
| 1893 | 23 | #371 |
| 1892 | 22 | #404 |
| 1891 | 24 | #349 |
| 1890 | 25 | #351 |
| 1889 | 20 | #405 |
| 1888 | 22 | #398 |
| 1887 | 32 | #294 |
| 1886 | 32 | #301 |
| 1885 | 26 | #332 |
| 1884 | 28 | #331 |
| 1883 | 22 | #359 |
| 1882 | 29 | #317 |
| 1881 | 25 | #324 |
| 1880 | 31 | #299 |
Names like Napoleon
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
John, Leon, William, Nelson, George, Arthur, Charles, Walter, Martin, James, Edwin, Frank
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Amy, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Napoleon: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/napoleon, updated 20 October 2026.