Pompey
Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a Roman general and statesman who was prominent in the final decades of the Roman Republic. As a young man, he was a partisan and protégé of the dictator Sulla, after whose death he achieved significant military and political success.
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Meaning & Origin of Pompey
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Gnaeus Pompeius Magnus, known in English as Pompey or Pompey the Great, was a Roman general and statesman who was prominent in the final decades of the Roman Republic. As a young man, he was a partisan and protégé of the dictator Sulla, after whose death he achieved significant military and political success.
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The Story of Pompey
Pompey first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1941, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1941: 6 births, good for #3,133 nationwide. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1941 (6 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 6 Pompeys have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1940s through the 2020s.
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Pompey is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1941 and has accumulated 6 births in the dataset. Pompey's peak popularity came in 1941 when it ranked #3,133. Use the chart and map above to compare Pompey's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
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