Cleopatra
Cleopatra was given to 42 girls in 2025, #3,589 among girls’ names; 2,484 Americans have been recorded with it since 1889 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,530 Americans named Cleopatra and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (62% of everyone recorded); the median is 32 years old and half are between 10 and 52.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Cleopatra by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Cleopatra mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Cleopatra is “a female given name from Ancient Greek.” Its etymology gives the senses “glory of her father” (meaning) and “glory” (κλέος) and “father” (πατήρ).
Also “a given name of women in the Ptolemaic dynasty of Egypt; notably Queen Cleopatra VII of Egypt (69–30 BCE); last of the Ptolemy line.”
From Middle English Cleopatra, from Latin Cleopatra, from Ancient Greek Κλεοπάτρα (Kleopátra), meaning “glory of her father”, from κλέος (kléos, “glory”) + πατήρ (patḗr, “father”).
/kliːoʊˈpætɹə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Cleopatra?
#3,589 among girls’ names, 2025
Cleopatra rose from #5,696 in 2015 to #3,589 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 12.9 to 26.1 per million.
52 babies in 1974, the peak
Cleopatra peaked in 1974, when 52 girls were given it, #1,738 among girls’ names. The 42 births of 2025 are 81% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #3,589 | 26.1 |
| 2024 | 46 | #3,413 | 28.4 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,997 | 23.1 |
| 2022 | 52 | #3,132 | 31.7 |
| 2021 | 37 | #3,946 | 22.5 |
| 2020 | 41 | #3,631 | 25.4 |
| 2019 | 41 | #3,677 | 24.4 |
| 2018 | 35 | #4,092 | 20.6 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,721 | 16.8 |
| 2016 | 27 | #5,028 | 15.2 |
Every recorded year (131)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 23 | #5,696 | 12.9 |
| 2014 | 18 | #6,774 | 10.1 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,063 | 12.0 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,302 | 7.9 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,981 | 12.5 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,360 | 7.9 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,856 | 5.4 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,610 | 10.6 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,459 | 8.8 |
| 2006 | 19 | #6,642 | 10.0 |
| 2005 | 8 | #12,064 | 4.3 |
| 2004 | 16 | #7,151 | 8.7 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,676 | 7.7 |
| 2002 | 12 | #8,401 | 6.7 |
| 2001 | 21 | #5,408 | 11.7 |
| 2000 | 32 | #3,896 | 17.6 |
| 1999 | 34 | #3,583 | 19.2 |
| 1998 | 20 | #5,176 | 11.3 |
| 1997 | 19 | #5,256 | 10.9 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,464 | 8.0 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,621 | 6.3 |
| 1994 | 21 | #4,710 | 11.8 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,858 | 11.1 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,881 | 10.8 |
| 1991 | 16 | #5,717 | 8.5 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,879 | 7.9 |
| 1989 | 19 | #4,703 | 10.3 |
| 1988 | 21 | #4,193 | 11.8 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,113 | 8.6 |
| 1986 | 15 | #5,013 | 8.7 |
| 1985 | 16 | #4,666 | 9.3 |
| 1984 | 14 | #5,000 | 8.3 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,930 | 8.4 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,264 | 7.7 |
| 1981 | 18 | #4,183 | 10.8 |
| 1980 | 13 | #5,291 | 7.8 |
| 1979 | 26 | #3,163 | 16.2 |
| 1978 | 28 | #2,877 | 18.3 |
| 1977 | 23 | #3,289 | 15.0 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,202 | 15.0 |
| 1975 | 33 | #2,415 | 22.6 |
| 1974 | 52 | #1,738 | 35.4 |
| 1973 | 35 | #2,231 | 24.0 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,559 | 5.9 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,556 | 3.0 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,215 | 3.4 |
| 1969 | 10 | #4,770 | 5.9 |
| 1968 | 10 | #4,539 | 6.1 |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,561 | 4.2 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,920 | 3.5 |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,374 | 4.0 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,907 | 6.3 |
| 1963 | 12 | #3,837 | 6.2 |
| 1962 | 15 | #3,310 | 7.6 |
| 1960 | 9 | #4,502 | 4.5 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,696 | 4.0 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,579 | 4.0 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,972 | 4.9 |
| 1956 | 12 | #3,525 | 6.0 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,612 | 5.6 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,353 | 6.2 |
| 1953 | 20 | #2,372 | 10.6 |
| 1952 | 16 | #2,695 | 8.6 |
| 1951 | 13 | #2,962 | 7.2 |
| 1950 | 20 | #2,198 | 11.7 |
| 1949 | 12 | #3,035 | 7.0 |
| 1948 | 22 | #2,077 | 13.0 |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,291 | 10.7 |
| 1946 | 12 | #2,901 | 7.6 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,947 | 7.7 |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,173 | 6.8 |
| 1943 | 14 | #2,461 | 10.0 |
| 1942 | 14 | #2,439 | 10.4 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,421 | 10.8 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,999 | 7.9 |
| 1939 | 8 | #3,189 | 7.3 |
| 1938 | 10 | #2,763 | 9.1 |
| 1937 | 17 | #1,930 | 16.0 |
| 1936 | 17 | #1,887 | 16.3 |
| 1935 | 21 | #1,673 | 20.0 |
| 1934 | 20 | #1,715 | 19.2 |
| 1933 | 28 | #1,371 | 27.8 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,243 | 31.9 |
| 1931 | 33 | #1,261 | 31.0 |
| 1930 | 22 | #1,712 | 19.5 |
| 1929 | 32 | #1,344 | 28.7 |
| 1928 | 42 | #1,181 | 36.4 |
| 1927 | 46 | #1,128 | 38.6 |
| 1926 | 22 | #1,840 | 18.6 |
| 1925 | 24 | #1,757 | 19.7 |
| 1924 | 26 | #1,687 | 20.8 |
| 1923 | 33 | #1,395 | 27.4 |
| 1922 | 31 | #1,474 | 25.8 |
| 1921 | 41 | #1,207 | 33.3 |
| 1920 | 43 | #1,156 | 35.9 |
| 1919 | 42 | #1,136 | 37.2 |
| 1918 | 30 | #1,417 | 25.9 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,347 | 27.7 |
| 1916 | 19 | #1,816 | 18.2 |
| 1915 | 17 | #1,895 | 17.3 |
| 1914 | 20 | #1,451 | 26.3 |
| 1913 | 13 | #1,691 | 20.8 |
| 1912 | 16 | #1,365 | 28.7 |
| 1911 | 17 | #1,080 | 40.6 |
| 1910 | 17 | #1,077 | 42.9 |
| 1909 | 5 | #2,273 | 14.4 |
| 1908 | 13 | #1,148 | 38.9 |
| 1907 | 11 | #1,220 | 34.5 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,439 | 27.1 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,996 | 17.1 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,940 | 18.2 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,466 | 26.7 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,474 | 26.5 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,649 | 21.5 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,537 | 23.2 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,597 | 21.3 |
| 1896 | 7 | #1,313 | 29.4 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,475 | 23.5 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,494 | 23.5 |
| 1890 | 6 | #1,238 | 31.5 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,167 | 33.6 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Cleopatra a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Cleopatra has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 131 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Cleopatra: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Cleopatra, and how old are they?
1,530 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 62% of the 2,484 Americans ever recorded as Cleopatra. The median Cleopatra alive today is 32 years old; half are between 10 and 52.
The 2020 Census counted 1,832 people named Cleopatra (1,821 women and girls, 11 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,395 born in the U.S. The Census count is 31% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 78 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 184 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 274 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 255 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 289 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 446 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Cleopatra born?
The states with the most babies named Cleopatra are California, Texas and New York, with 69% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 111 | #2,135 | 0.5× |
| Texas | 48 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| New York | 39 | #2,160 | 0.2× |
| Virginia | 27 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Florida | 17 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| North Carolina | 16 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Alabama | 10 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Georgia | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Louisiana | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Massachusetts | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Cleopatra with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 2,509 babies since 1880, Cleopatra is the most given (99% of them). In 2025 it was given to 42 of their 42 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Cleopatra
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Cleopatra and names like it
- Compare Cleopatra and KleopatraBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1970sCleopatra peaked in 1974.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Cleopatra since 1910.
- The top names of 1974The year the most babies were named Cleopatra.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Cleopatra alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with CMost given first.