Napolean — boys' name
370 babies named Napolean in U.S. Social Security records since 1912, with the highest year being 1925. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
17% of everyone ever named Napolean was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Napolean in 1925 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Napolean
The Social Security Administration has registered 370 babies named Napolean between 1912 and 2009, spanning 98 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Napolean currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2009. The name reached its historical peak in 1925, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Napolean performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 63 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Napolean shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Napolean in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 370 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Napolean at a glance
Last recorded 2009Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Napolean popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–1912
- Peak year (1925)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 98 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2009.
370 total births across 98 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1925 with 15 births in a single year.
Napolean by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 63 births that decade — 17% of Napolean's all-time total
Napolean decade highlights
- Peak decade 63 births
- Runner-up 58 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Napolean's strongest decade
63 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 17% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1912–2009 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.