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How popular is “Napoleon” in the USA?

Number of people named “Napoleon” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Napoleon” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Napoleon” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Napoleon” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Napoleon” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Napoleon” by birth year

This chart shows how “Napoleon” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 31 0.000153858 31 -100%
1881 25 0.000129743 25 -100%
1882 29 0.000130906 29 -100%
1883 22 0.000101408 22 -100%
1884 28 0.000115008 28 -100%
1885 26 0.000107949 26 -100%
1886 32 0.000125335 32 -100%
1887 32 0.000129349 32 -100%
1888 22 0.000073462 22 -100%
1889 20 0.000069217 20 -100%
1890 25 0.000082946 25 -100%
1891 24 0.000083719 24 -100%
1892 22 0.000065795 22 -100%
1893 23 0.000070721 23 -100%
1894 22 0.000064956 22 -100%
1895 27 0.000076919 27 -100%
1896 22 0.000061541 22 -100%
1897 23 0.000066291 23 -100%
1898 19 0.000049809 19 -100%
1899 20 0.000058956 20 -100%
1900 32 0.00007107 32 -100%
1901 24 0.000069402 24 -100%
1902 23 0.000059473 23 -100%
1903 16 0.000041973 16 -100%
1904 11 0.000027262 11 -100%
1905 25 0.000058973 25 -100%
1906 14 0.000032676 14 -100%
1907 24 0.00005157 24 -100%
1908 35 0.000071626 35 -100%
1909 35 0.000068463 35 -100%
1910 44 0.000074487 44 -100%
1911 48 0.000074502 48 -100%
1912 56 0.000056677 56 -100%
1913 74 0.000065077 74 -100%
1914 78 0.000055071 78 -100%
1915 102 0.000055664 102 -100%
1916 98 0.000050661 98 -100%
1917 79 0.000039367 79 -100%
1918 109 0.000050205 109 -100%
1919 109 0.000051653 109 -100%
1920 96 0.000042428 96 -100%
1921 117 0.000050118 117 -100%
1922 96 0.000041937 96 -100%
1923 112 0.000048643 112 -100%
1924 116 0.000048707 116 -100%
1925 111 0.000047572 111 -100%
1926 122 0.000053138 122 -100%
1927 99 0.000042684 5 94 -90%
1928 76 0.000033614 76 -100%
1929 96 0.000043792 96 -100%
1930 80 0.000035983 80 -100%
1931 74 0.000035165 74 -100%
1932 99 0.000046891 99 -100%
1933 85 0.000042512 85 -100%
1934 79 0.000038039 79 -100%
1935 93 0.0000445 93 -100%
1936 73 0.000035137 73 -100%
1937 67 0.000031446 67 -100%
1938 73 0.000032993 73 -100%
1939 75 0.000034038 75 -100%
1940 58 0.000025188 58 -100%
1941 61 0.000025037 61 -100%
1942 81 0.000029651 81 -100%
1943 70 0.0000248 70 -100%
1944 64 0.000023791 64 -100%
1945 60 0.000022617 60 -100%
1946 60 0.000018778 60 -100%
1947 84 0.000023318 84 -100%
1948 79 0.000022882 79 -100%
1949 86 0.000024679 86 -100%
1950 77 0.000021979 77 -100%
1951 89 0.00002416 89 -100%
1952 98 0.000025803 98 -100%
1953 85 0.000022057 85 -100%
1954 101 0.000025372 101 -100%
1955 121 0.000030136 121 -100%
1956 78 0.000018918 78 -100%
1957 73 0.000017372 73 -100%
1958 88 0.000021287 88 -100%
1959 89 0.000021405 89 -100%
1960 75 0.000018056 75 -100%
1961 76 0.000018347 76 -100%
1962 72 0.000017842 72 -100%
1963 69 0.000017432 69 -100%
1964 69 0.000017749 69 -100%
1965 83 0.000022894 83 -100%
1966 97 0.000027908 97 -100%
1967 89 0.000026216 89 -100%
1968 75 0.0000222 75 -100%
1969 90 0.000025897 90 -100%
1970 62 0.000017191 62 -100%
1971 54 0.000015733 54 -100%
1972 70 0.000022272 70 -100%
1973 54 0.000017899 54 -100%
1974 49 0.000016118 49 -100%
1975 56 0.000018547 56 -100%
1976 39 0.000012853 39 -100%
1977 52 0.00001637 52 -100%
1978 42 0.000013233 42 -100%
1979 48 0.000014427 48 -100%
1980 52 0.000015097 52 -100%
1981 54 0.00001561 54 -100%
1982 47 0.000013398 47 -100%
1983 45 0.000012993 45 -100%
1984 46 0.000013185 46 -100%
1985 53 0.00001485 53 -100%
1986 50 0.000014056 50 -100%
1987 68 0.000018859 68 -100%
1988 49 0.000013261 49 -100%
1989 67 0.000017428 67 -100%
1990 55 0.000013915 55 -100%
1991 41 0.000010526 41 -100%
1992 46 0.000011975 46 -100%
1993 36 0.000009548 36 -100%
1994 37 0.000009953 37 -100%
1995 38 0.000010376 38 -100%
1996 32 0.000008774 32 -100%
1997 35 0.000009653 35 -100%
1998 40 0.000010875 40 -100%
1999 28 0.00000758 28 -100%
2000 44 0.000011641 44 -100%
2001 42 0.00001122 42 -100%
2002 29 0.000007758 29 -100%
2003 33 0.000008679 33 -100%
2004 30 0.000007852 30 -100%
2005 31 0.000008063 31 -100%
2006 28 0.000007078 28 -100%
2007 32 0.000008005 32 -100%
2008 24 0.000006106 24 -100%
2009 19 0.000004974 19 -100%
2010 23 0.000006223 23 -100%
2011 20 0.000005468 20 -100%
2012 19 0.000005195 19 -100%
2013 37 0.000010149 37 -100%
2014 17 0.000004587 17 -100%
2015 18 0.000004864 18 -100%
2016 13 0.000003543 13 -100%
2017 15 0.000004194 15 -100%
2018 26 0.000007395 26 -100%
2019 15 0.000004322 15 -100%
2020 12 0.000003592 12 -100%
2021 14 0.000004132 14 -100%
2022 10 0.000002956 10 -100%
2023 13 0.000003926 13 -100%
2024 12 0.000003605 12 -100%

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