Cleopatra
Cleopatra was the 3590th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 42 babies. Its best year was 1910, when it ranked 1077th; the most babies were born in 1974 (52). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,108 places. More babies were named Cleopatra in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #3,590 girls, up 42 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 42girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 197452 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,484babies recorded
Cleopatra popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,590 | 42 |
| 2020 | #3,632 | 41 |
| 2010 | #8,364 | 14 |
| 2000 | #3,901 | 32 |
| 1990 | #5,885 | 15 |
| 1980 | #5,292 | 13 |
| 1970 | #7,216 | 6 |
| 1960 | #4,503 | 9 |
| 1950 | #2,199 | 20 |
| 1940 | #3,001 | 9 |
| 1930 | #1,713 | 22 |
| 1920 | #1,156 | 43 |
| 1910 | #1,077 | 17 |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | #1,239 | 6 |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Cleopatra, counting every spelling?
Cleopatra is the most common spelling of a name family that had 42 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 42 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cleopatra | 42 | #3,590 | 214 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Cleopatra?
42 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Cleopatra (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Cleopatra born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 200 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Cleopatra.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Cleopatra?
About 1,500 people born in the US named Cleopatra are alive today, with a median age of 32; half are between 10 and 52. That makes Cleopatra mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Cleopatra by state
How common Cleopatra was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in California (1.6×). In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
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Questions about the name Cleopatra
How popular is the name Cleopatra?
Cleopatra was the 3590th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 42 babies. Its best year was 1910, when it ranked 1077th; the most babies were born in 1974 (52). Over the last ten years it has moved up 2,108 places. More babies were named Cleopatra in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Cleopatra a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Cleopatra in the US.
Where is Cleopatra most popular?
In 2021–2025, Cleopatra was most common in California (0.04 per 1,000 girls), followed by Texas and New York.