Cleopatra
Cleopatra is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 45 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 450.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 197452 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1889
- 2,441people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,441 girls have been named Cleopatra in the United States since 1889, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1974, with 52 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1969, and the 1920s alone account for 14%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Cleopatra | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 6 | |
| 1890s | 39 | |
| 1900s | 61 | |
| 1910s | 221 | |
| 1920s | 340 | |
| 1930s | 210 | |
| 1940s | 134 | |
| 1950s | 130 | |
| 1960s | 88 | |
| 1970s | 239 | |
| 1980s | 158 | |
| 1990s | 190 | |
| 2000s | 169 | |
| 2010s | 244 | |
| 2020s | 212 |
In 1974, its biggest year
Cleopatra was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1974 were Jennifer, Amy, Michelle, Heather and Angela. See all of 1974.
Names that rose and fell with Cleopatra
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Eloisapeak 2024
- Rafaelapeak 2011
- Teodorapeak 1921
- Inespeak 2024
- Miriampeak 1924
- Faustinapeak 1924
- Antoninapeak 1915
- Blossompeak 1925
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.