NameTides

Cleopatra

Cleopatra was the #3,577 girls' name in the US in 2025 (42 babies), and #1,719 in England & Wales.

Cleopatra as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Cleopatra as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Cleopatra as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#3,577 (42)#1,719 (17)—
2024#3,395 (46)#1,819 (16)—
2023#3,984 (37)#1,640 (18)#2,366 (8)
2022#3,123 (52)#1,081 (31)—
2021#3,935 (37)#1,311 (24)#2,893 (6)
2020#3,607 (41)#1,200 (27)#2,007 (10)
2019#3,665 (41)#1,497 (20)—
2018#4,076 (35)#1,788 (16)—
2017#4,695 (29)#2,090 (13)—
2016#4,990 (27)#1,571 (20)—
2015#5,653 (23)#2,496 (10)—
2014#6,713 (18)#2,862 (8)#3,316 (5)
2013#6,017 (21)—#2,888 (6)
2012#8,208 (14)#2,717 (9)—
2011#5,935 (22)—#2,618 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1910 at #1,069.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1889.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 38,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 38,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 15,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Cleopatra is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 37,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 27,000 to 1 in 51,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Cleopatra by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #2,075NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,093CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: fewer than 5 babiesFL
Cleopatra (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
CleopatraCanadaGirls—too few
CleopatraEngland & WalesGirls#1,71917
CleopatraNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
CleopatraUSGirls#3,57742