How Many People Are Named Napolean?
An estimated 233 people in the United States have the first name Napolean. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 55 years old, and Napolean peaked in popularity in 1925 with 15 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Napolean as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Napolean paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
233
About 1 in 1,471,049 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
55
years old
Peak Year
1925
15 births
Total Registered
370
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Napolean
Napolean is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 370 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Napolean as a male name
Ranked #13,871 in 2009
5 male births in 2009
Peak: 1925 (15 births)
Napolean: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Napolean span from the 1910s to the 2000s, covering 10 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1960s, when 63 babies were registered. Napolean has declined significantly from its peak in the 1960s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Napolean by Decade
How has Napolean tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Napolean + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Napolean as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Napolean
Other first names starting with N with a similar number of bearers.
Napolean: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Napolean?
We estimate approximately 233 people named Napolean are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 1,471,049 Americans share this first name.
Is Napolean a common name?
Napolean is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 76.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 370 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Napolean most popular?
Napolean reached peak popularity in 1925, when 15 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Napolean is approximately 55 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Napolean a male name?
Napolean is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Napolean Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Napolean Smith, Napolean Johnson, Napolean Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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