Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Napolean

#8,625 most common boys' name of all time · #21,799 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1912–2009

Rank among boys
#8,625
Rank overall
#21,799 of 105,966
First appeared
1912
Years on the list
51 of 146
All-time
370
Since 2016
0
Peak year
1925 #2,174
Best rank
#2,174 1925
Girls Boys peak 15/yr
19201940196019802000

Napolean first appears in 1912. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2009 — 5 5 #12,620
2001 — 5 5 #10,684
2000 — 5 5 #10,467
1995 — 6 6 #7,904
1994 — 7 7 #7,041
1993 — 6 6 #7,747
1992 — 6 6 #7,546
1991 — 6 6 #7,386
1989 — 9 9 #5,229
1987 — 8 8 #5,055
1985 — 7 7 #5,266
1979 — 8 8 #4,492
1976 — 11 11 #3,323
1975 — 5 5 #5,616
1974 — 6 6 #4,755
1972 — 11 11 #3,053
1971 — 8 8 #3,749
1969 — 8 8 #3,413
1968 — 7 7 #3,471
1967 — 11 11 #2,543
1966 — 8 8 #3,093
1965 — 8 8 #3,096
1962 — 7 7 #3,433
1961 — 8 8 #3,198
1960 — 6 6 #3,797
1959 — 6 6 #3,755
1958 — 9 9 #2,926
1957 — 8 8 #3,127
1955 — 7 7 #3,321
1954 — 7 7 #3,309
1953 — 8 8 #3,012
1951 — 7 7 #3,206
1950 — 6 6 #3,482
1946 — 6 6 #3,325
1945 — 8 8 #2,673
1942 — 6 6 #3,376
1941 — 7 7 #3,002
1940 — 7 7 #2,996
1938 — 11 11 #2,286
1930 — 6 6 #3,762
1929 — 7 7 #3,385
1926 — 7 7 #3,519
1925 — 15 15 #2,174
1924 — 6 6 #4,023
1923 — 6 6 #3,976
1920 — 10 10 #2,888
1919 — 7 7 #3,544
1917 — 6 6 #3,700
1915 — 5 5 #3,997
1913 — 5 5 #3,048
1912 — 5 5 #2,850