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Napoleon

Boy

Origin of the name

Napoleon comes from the Italian Napoleone. Napoleon Bonaparte made it famous all over the world.

Classic name

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1926 was its best year: 122 births, or 1 baby in 18,818. A lasting presence, with births recorded in 146 years out of 146. In 2025, it ranked No. 4538.
7,805births since 1880
1920sgeneration
No. 552rank at its peak, in 1926

Where babies named Napoleon are born

1926

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The darker the blue, the more common Napoleon is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.

Where it is most popular

Compared with the national average, Napoleon is most common in Alabama (7.1 times), Mississippi (6.9) and Georgia (4.4), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.

Names from the same era

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