Napolean
- Last seen for boys in 2009 at #12,491
- Peak · boys
- 1925 · 15 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 370since 1912
Napolean over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Napolean has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2018 | — | |
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| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | #10,349 | 5 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,792 | 6 |
| 1994 | #6,968 | 7 |
| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
| 1992 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #5,147 | 7 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,403 | 8 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,264 | 11 |
| 1975 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,991 | 11 |
| 1971 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #3,314 | 8 |
| 1968 | #3,365 | 7 |
| 1967 | #2,470 | 11 |
| 1966 | #2,986 | 8 |
| 1965 | #2,982 | 8 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,305 | 7 |
| 1961 | #3,097 | 8 |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #2,818 | 9 |
| 1957 | #3,024 | 8 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #3,176 | 7 |
| 1953 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | — | |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | — | |
| 1946 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #2,872 | 7 |
| 1940 | #2,871 | 7 |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | #2,185 | 11 |
| 1937 | — | |
| 1936 | — | |
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| 1932 | — | |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #3,592 | 6 |
| 1929 | #3,247 | 7 |
| 1928 | — | |
| 1927 | — | |
| 1926 | #3,385 | 7 |
| 1925 | #2,089 | 15 |
| 1924 | #3,867 | 6 |
| 1923 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,765 | 10 |
| 1919 | #3,391 | 7 |
| 1918 | — | |
| 1917 | #3,545 | 6 |
| 1916 | — | |
| 1915 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
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First appearance
1912
The first year at least five boys were named Napolean! It came in at #2,544, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1912–1916, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Napolean is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Napolean in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2009
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1912
- Peaked 1925 at #2,089 (15 births)
- Births halved by 1926, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 74,395
- Highest: 1 in 74,395 boys born in 1925 were named Napolean (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 396,715 boys born in 2009 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1960s
- 17.0% of all boys named Napolean (63) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 28 | #2,544 (1912) | #3,225 |
| 1920s | 51 | #2,089 (1925) | #3,196 |
| 1930s | 17 | #2,185 (1938) | #2,889 |
| 1940s | 34 | #2,574 (1945) | #2,940 |
| 1950s | 58 | #2,818 (1958) | #3,142 |
| 1960s | 63 | #2,470 (1967) | #3,148 |
| 1970s | 49 | #2,991 (1972) | #4,069 |
| 1980s | 24 | #4,968 (1987) | #5,093 |
| 1990s | 31 | #6,968 (1994) | #7,418 |
| 2000s | 15 | #10,349 (2000) | #11,132 |
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.
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