Napoleon comes from the Germanic / Italian tradition, meaning From Naples.
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How popular is Napoleon?
1926peak year
Napoleon has settled into a steady rhythm — neither rising sharply nor fading, holding a consistent place in U.S. birth records. It currently ranks well outside the top 1,000 (around #6302), with about 15 babies named Napoleon each year. In 1926, 122 babies received the name (ranked #558). Total registrations across all years since 1880: roughly 7,787.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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