Napoleon is an uncommon boys' name that peaked in 1926 and has since faded.
Napoleon is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #4,651 for boy births in the United States (and #9,849 across all names), given to 22 babies. Napoleon was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1926 (122 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | 22 | — | #4,651 |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | — | #7,127 |
| 2023 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,784 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | — | #8,129 |
| 2021 | 14 | 14 | — | #6,240 |
| 2020 | 12 | 12 | — | #6,908 |
| 2019 | 15 | 15 | — | #6,019 |
| 2018 | 26 | 26 | — | #4,074 |
| 2017 | 15 | 15 | — | #5,979 |
| 2016 | 13 | 13 | — | #6,604 |
| 2015 | 18 | 18 | — | #5,211 |
| 2014 | 17 | 17 | — | #5,410 |
| 2013 | 38 | 38 | — | #2,983 |
| 2012 | 19 | 19 | — | #4,982 |
| 2011 | 20 | 20 | — | #4,777 |
| 2010 | 23 | 23 | — | #4,326 |
| 2009 | 19 | 19 | — | #5,050 |
| 2008 | 24 | 24 | — | #4,225 |
| 2007 | 32 | 32 | — | #3,424 |
| 2006 | 28 | 28 | — | #3,660 |
| 2005 | 31 | 31 | — | #3,296 |
| 2004 | 30 | 30 | — | #3,265 |
| 2003 | 33 | 33 | — | #2,974 |
| 2002 | 29 | 29 | — | #3,162 |
| 2001 | 42 | 42 | — | #2,370 |
| 2000 | 44 | 44 | — | #2,243 |
| 1999 | 28 | 28 | — | #2,997 |
| 1998 | 40 | 40 | — | #2,262 |
| 1997 | 35 | — | — | #2,381 |
| 1996 | 32 | — | — | #2,470 |
| 1995 | 38 | — | — | #2,161 |
| 1994 | 37 | — | — | #2,208 |
| 1993 | 36 | — | — | #2,198 |
| 1992 | 46 | — | — | #1,816 |
| 1991 | 41 | — | — | #1,910 |
| 1990 | 55 | — | — | #1,542 |
| 1989 | 67 | — | — | #1,346 |
| 1988 | 49 | — | — | #1,521 |
| 1987 | 68 | — | — | #1,170 |
| 1986 | 50 | — | — | #1,414 |
| 1985 | 53 | — | — | #1,326 |
| 1984 | 46 | — | — | #1,416 |
| 1983 | 45 | — | — | #1,416 |
| 1982 | 47 | — | — | #1,389 |
| 1981 | 54 | — | — | #1,257 |
| 1980 | 53 | — | — | #1,284 |
| 1979 | 47 | — | — | #1,362 |
| 1978 | 42 | — | — | #1,449 |
| 1977 | 52 | — | — | #1,236 |
| 1976 | 39 | — | — | #1,444 |
| 1975 | 56 | — | — | #1,133 |
| 1974 | 49 | — | — | #1,189 |
| 1973 | 54 | — | — | #1,118 |
| 1972 | 70 | — | — | #973 |
| 1971 | 54 | — | — | #1,120 |
| 1970 | 62 | — | — | #1,039 |
| 1969 | 90 | — | — | #815 |
| 1968 | 75 | — | — | #843 |
| 1967 | 89 | — | — | #777 |
| 1966 | 97 | — | — | #753 |
| 1965 | 83 | — | — | #811 |
| 1964 | 69 | — | — | #918 |
| 1963 | 69 | — | — | #904 |
| 1962 | 72 | — | — | #899 |
| 1961 | 76 | — | — | #879 |
| 1960 | 75 | — | — | #884 |
| 1959 | 89 | — | — | #811 |
| 1958 | 88 | — | — | #802 |
| 1957 | 73 | — | — | #888 |
| 1956 | 78 | — | — | #851 |
| 1955 | 121 | — | — | #666 |
| 1954 | 101 | — | — | #719 |
| 1953 | 85 | — | — | #770 |
| 1952 | 98 | — | — | #712 |
| 1951 | 89 | — | — | #739 |
| 1950 | 77 | — | — | #782 |
| 1949 | 86 | — | — | #744 |
| 1948 | 79 | — | — | #762 |
| 1947 | 84 | — | — | #750 |
| 1946 | 60 | — | — | #854 |
| 1945 | 60 | — | — | #805 |
| 1944 | 64 | — | — | #787 |
| 1943 | 70 | — | — | #785 |
| 1942 | 81 | — | — | #715 |
| 1941 | 61 | — | — | #812 |
| 1940 | 58 | — | — | #826 |
| 1939 | 75 | — | — | #689 |
| 1938 | 73 | — | — | #717 |
| 1937 | 67 | — | — | #747 |
| 1936 | 73 | — | — | #695 |
| 1935 | 93 | — | — | #603 |
| 1934 | 79 | — | — | #689 |
| 1933 | 85 | — | — | #629 |
| 1932 | 99 | — | — | #594 |
| 1931 | 74 | — | — | #707 |
| 1930 | 80 | — | — | #697 |
| 1929 | 96 | — | — | #625 |
| 1928 | 76 | — | — | #737 |
| 1927 | 99 | — | #5,380 | #656 |
| 1926 | 122 | — | — | #558 |
| 1925 | 111 | — | — | #598 |
| 1924 | 116 | — | — | #591 |
| 1923 | 112 | — | — | #598 |
| 1922 | 96 | — | — | #656 |
| 1921 | 117 | — | — | #587 |
| 1920 | 96 | — | — | #648 |
| 1919 | 109 | — | — | #574 |
| 1918 | 109 | — | — | #583 |
| 1917 | 79 | — | — | #677 |
| 1916 | 98 | — | — | #590 |
| 1915 | 102 | — | — | #560 |
| 1914 | 78 | — | — | #568 |
| 1913 | 74 | — | — | #505 |
| 1912 | 56 | — | — | #538 |
| 1911 | 48 | — | — | #417 |
| 1910 | 44 | — | — | #402 |
| 1909 | 35 | — | — | #425 |
| 1908 | 35 | — | — | #401 |
| 1907 | 24 | — | — | #482 |
| 1906 | 14 | — | — | #670 |
| 1905 | 25 | — | — | #446 |
| 1904 | 11 | — | — | #750 |
| 1903 | 16 | — | — | #566 |
| 1902 | 23 | — | — | #434 |
| 1901 | 24 | — | — | #390 |
| 1900 | 32 | — | — | #399 |
| 1899 | 20 | — | — | #423 |
| 1898 | 19 | — | — | #480 |
| 1897 | 23 | — | — | #398 |
| 1896 | 22 | — | — | #421 |
| 1895 | 27 | — | — | #365 |
| 1894 | 22 | — | — | #406 |
| 1893 | 23 | — | — | #380 |
| 1892 | 22 | — | — | #410 |
| 1891 | 24 | — | — | #356 |
| 1890 | 25 | — | — | #355 |
| 1889 | 20 | — | — | #412 |
| 1888 | 22 | — | — | #401 |
| 1887 | 32 | — | — | #297 |
| 1886 | 32 | — | — | #307 |
| 1885 | 26 | — | — | #339 |
| 1884 | 28 | — | — | #334 |
| 1883 | 22 | — | — | #368 |
| 1882 | 29 | — | — | #321 |
| 1881 | 25 | — | — | #329 |
| 1880 | 31 | — | — | #303 |