Cleopatra is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1974 and remains in steady use.
Cleopatra is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #3,590 for girl births in the United States (and #6,326 across all names), given to 42 babies. Cleopatra first appears in 1889 and peaked in 1974 (52 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | 42 | #3,590 |
| 2024 | 46 | 46 | #3,413 |
| 2023 | 37 | 37 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 52 | 52 | #3,132 |
| 2021 | 37 | 37 | #3,949 |
| 2020 | 41 | 41 | #3,632 |
| 2019 | 41 | 41 | #3,678 |
| 2018 | 35 | 35 | #4,093 |
| 2017 | 29 | 29 | #4,723 |
| 2016 | 27 | 27 | #5,029 |
| 2015 | 23 | 23 | #5,698 |
| 2014 | 18 | 18 | #6,776 |
| 2013 | 21 | 21 | #6,066 |
| 2012 | 14 | 14 | #8,306 |
| 2011 | 22 | 22 | #5,984 |
| 2010 | 14 | 14 | #8,364 |
| 2009 | 10 | 10 | #10,861 |
| 2008 | 20 | 20 | #6,613 |
| 2007 | 17 | 17 | #7,463 |
| 2006 | 19 | 19 | #6,644 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8 | #12,070 |
| 2004 | 16 | 16 | #7,156 |
| 2003 | 14 | 14 | #7,681 |
| 2002 | 12 | 12 | #8,407 |
| 2001 | 21 | 21 | #5,413 |
| 2000 | 32 | 32 | #3,901 |
| 1999 | 34 | 34 | #3,586 |
| 1998 | 20 | 20 | #5,180 |
| 1997 | 19 | — | #5,260 |
| 1996 | 14 | — | #6,469 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | #7,626 |
| 1994 | 21 | — | #4,715 |
| 1993 | 20 | — | #4,864 |
| 1992 | 20 | — | #4,887 |
| 1991 | 16 | — | #5,723 |
| 1990 | 15 | — | #5,885 |
| 1989 | 19 | — | #4,709 |
| 1988 | 21 | — | #4,198 |
| 1987 | 15 | — | #5,118 |
| 1986 | 15 | — | #5,016 |
| 1985 | 16 | — | #4,668 |
| 1984 | 14 | — | #5,001 |
| 1983 | 14 | — | #4,931 |
| 1982 | 13 | — | #5,266 |
| 1981 | 18 | — | #4,184 |
| 1980 | 13 | — | #5,292 |
| 1979 | 26 | — | #3,163 |
| 1978 | 28 | — | #2,877 |
| 1977 | 23 | — | #3,290 |
| 1976 | 22 | — | #3,203 |
| 1975 | 33 | — | #2,415 |
| 1974 | 52 | — | #1,738 |
| 1973 | 35 | — | #2,231 |
| 1972 | 9 | — | #5,561 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | #8,558 |
| 1970 | 6 | — | #7,216 |
| 1969 | 10 | — | #4,771 |
| 1968 | 10 | — | #4,540 |
| 1967 | 7 | — | #5,562 |
| 1966 | 6 | — | #5,921 |
| 1965 | 7 | — | #5,375 |
| 1964 | 12 | — | #3,908 |
| 1963 | 12 | — | #3,838 |
| 1962 | 15 | — | #3,311 |
| 1960 | 9 | — | #4,503 |
| 1959 | 8 | — | #4,697 |
| 1958 | 8 | — | #4,580 |
| 1957 | 10 | — | #3,973 |
| 1956 | 12 | — | #3,526 |
| 1955 | 11 | — | #3,613 |
| 1954 | 12 | — | #3,354 |
| 1953 | 20 | — | #2,373 |
| 1952 | 16 | — | #2,696 |
| 1951 | 13 | — | #2,963 |
| 1950 | 20 | — | #2,199 |
| 1949 | 12 | — | #3,036 |
| 1948 | 22 | — | #2,078 |
| 1947 | 19 | — | #2,292 |
| 1946 | 12 | — | #2,902 |
| 1945 | 10 | — | #2,948 |
| 1944 | 9 | — | #3,174 |
| 1943 | 14 | — | #2,462 |
| 1942 | 14 | — | #2,440 |
| 1941 | 13 | — | #2,422 |
| 1940 | 9 | — | #3,001 |
| 1939 | 8 | — | #3,191 |
| 1938 | 10 | — | #2,764 |
| 1937 | 17 | — | #1,930 |
| 1936 | 17 | — | #1,887 |
| 1935 | 21 | — | #1,673 |
| 1934 | 20 | — | #1,715 |
| 1933 | 28 | — | #1,371 |
| 1932 | 34 | — | #1,243 |
| 1931 | 33 | — | #1,261 |
| 1930 | 22 | — | #1,713 |
| 1929 | 32 | — | #1,345 |
| 1928 | 42 | — | #1,182 |
| 1927 | 46 | — | #1,128 |
| 1926 | 22 | — | #1,841 |
| 1925 | 24 | — | #1,758 |
| 1924 | 26 | — | #1,687 |
| 1923 | 33 | — | #1,395 |
| 1922 | 31 | — | #1,474 |
| 1921 | 41 | — | #1,207 |
| 1920 | 43 | — | #1,156 |
| 1919 | 42 | — | #1,136 |
| 1918 | 30 | — | #1,417 |
| 1917 | 30 | — | #1,347 |
| 1916 | 19 | — | #1,816 |
| 1915 | 17 | — | #1,896 |
| 1914 | 20 | — | #1,451 |
| 1913 | 13 | — | #1,691 |
| 1912 | 16 | — | #1,365 |
| 1911 | 17 | — | #1,080 |
| 1910 | 17 | — | #1,077 |
| 1909 | 5 | — | #2,273 |
| 1908 | 13 | — | #1,148 |
| 1907 | 11 | — | #1,220 |
| 1906 | 8 | — | #1,439 |
| 1905 | 5 | — | #1,997 |
| 1904 | 5 | — | #1,941 |
| 1903 | 7 | — | #1,466 |
| 1902 | 7 | — | #1,474 |
| 1899 | 5 | — | #1,650 |
| 1898 | 6 | — | #1,538 |
| 1897 | 5 | — | #1,598 |
| 1896 | 7 | — | #1,313 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | #1,475 |
| 1892 | 5 | — | #1,494 |
| 1890 | 6 | — | #1,239 |
| 1889 | 6 | — | #1,168 |