Queen
#2,214 for girls in 2025, 83 births · Last seen for boys in 1949 at #3,690
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1907 · 91 births
- Debut · girls
- 17 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 16,092since 1880
Queen over time
Rank among girls' names. Queen has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #2,214 | 83 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,980 | 99 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,614 | 129 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,406 | 162 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,135 | 217 | — | |
| 2020 | #960 | 265 | — | |
| 2019 | #982 | 263 | — | |
| 2018 | #943 | 282 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,075 | 236 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,232 | 198 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,513 | 149 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,487 | 150 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,675 | 126 | — | |
| 2012 | #2,160 | 87 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,222 | 51 | — | |
| 2010 | #2,562 | 71 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,966 | 58 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,529 | 46 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,890 | 62 | — | |
| 2006 | #2,916 | 59 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,902 | 56 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,808 | 57 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,393 | 69 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,854 | 52 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,600 | 58 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,545 | 59 | — | |
| 1999 | #2,343 | 63 | — | |
| 1998 | #2,370 | 59 | — | |
| 1997 | #2,511 | 51 | — | |
| 1996 | #3,093 | 38 | — | |
| 1995 | #2,588 | 48 | — | |
| 1994 | #2,102 | 65 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,753 | 84 | — | |
| 1992 | #3,091 | 37 | — | |
| 1991 | #4,650 | 21 | — | |
| 1990 | #3,714 | 28 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,836 | 14 | — | |
| 1988 | #4,308 | 20 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | — | |
| 1986 | #4,028 | 20 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,282 | 18 | — | |
| 1984 | #3,527 | 23 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 | — | |
| 1982 | #3,344 | 25 | — | |
| 1981 | #2,614 | 35 | — | |
| 1980 | #2,699 | 34 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,621 | 34 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,637 | 20 | — | |
| 1977 | #3,366 | 22 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,963 | 16 | — | |
| 1975 | #3,259 | 21 | — | |
| 1974 | #2,683 | 27 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,635 | 17 | — | |
| 1972 | #2,398 | 30 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,373 | 19 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,856 | 24 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,058 | 37 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,205 | 30 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,783 | 42 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,304 | 69 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,302 | 69 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,293 | 74 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,201 | 83 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,090 | 99 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,023 | 113 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,039 | 107 | — | |
| 1959 | #871 | 140 | — | |
| 1958 | #994 | 109 | — | |
| 1957 | #887 | 132 | — | |
| 1956 | #749 | 168 | — | |
| 1955 | #700 | 180 | — | |
| 1954 | #647 | 203 | — | |
| 1953 | #628 | 200 | — | |
| 1952 | #586 | 219 | — | |
| 1951 | #596 | 208 | — | |
| 1950 | #527 | 244 | — | |
| 1949 | #561 | 220 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #562 | 219 | — | |
| 1947 | #549 | 237 | — | |
| 1946 | #515 | 234 | — | |
| 1945 | #523 | 195 | — | |
| 1944 | #519 | 193 | — | |
| 1943 | #464 | 255 | — | |
| 1942 | #497 | 224 | — | |
| 1941 | #521 | 178 | — | |
| 1940 | #486 | 197 | — | |
| 1939 | #448 | 224 | — | |
| 1938 | #446 | 226 | — | |
| 1937 | #429 | 229 | — | |
| 1936 | #446 | 203 | — | |
| 1935 | #434 | 221 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #435 | 224 | — | |
| 1933 | #424 | 229 | #3,268 | 6 |
| 1932 | #416 | 247 | — | |
| 1931 | #431 | 225 | — | |
| 1930 | #474 | 200 | — | |
| 1929 | #411 | 259 | — | |
| 1928 | #423 | 258 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #425 | 263 | — | |
| 1926 | #437 | 246 | — | |
| 1925 | #435 | 252 | — | |
| 1924 | #443 | 249 | — | |
| 1923 | #427 | 248 | — | |
| 1922 | #448 | 232 | — | |
| 1921 | #483 | 204 | — | |
| 1920 | #445 | 228 | — | |
| 1919 | #432 | 232 | — | |
| 1918 | #456 | 216 | #3,728 | 6 |
| 1917 | #490 | 181 | — | |
| 1916 | #490 | 172 | — | |
| 1915 | #533 | 140 | — | |
| 1914 | #451 | 148 | — | |
| 1913 | #439 | 126 | — | |
| 1912 | #438 | 116 | — | |
| 1911 | #402 | 100 | — | |
| 1910 | #445 | 80 | — | |
| 1909 | #426 | 75 | — | |
| 1908 | #456 | 62 | — | |
| 1907 | #369 | 91 | — | |
| 1906 | #465 | 53 | — | |
| 1905 | #406 | 70 | — | |
| 1904 | #430 | 56 | — | |
| 1903 | #442 | 52 | — | |
| 1902 | #459 | 47 | — | |
| 1901 | #448 | 44 | — | |
| 1900 | #407 | 67 | — | |
| 1899 | #461 | 40 | — | |
| 1898 | #475 | 42 | — | |
| 1897 | #425 | 47 | — | |
| 1896 | #576 | 28 | — | |
| 1895 | #499 | 34 | — | |
| 1894 | #504 | 32 | — | |
| 1893 | #464 | 33 | — | |
| 1892 | #479 | 32 | — | |
| 1891 | #447 | 32 | — | |
| 1890 | #524 | 25 | — | |
| 1889 | #430 | 31 | — | |
| 1888 | #503 | 25 | — | |
| 1887 | #489 | 21 | — | |
| 1886 | #378 | 32 | — | |
| 1885 | #520 | 17 | — | |
| 1884 | #556 | 14 | — | |
| 1883 | #615 | 10 | — | |
| 1882 | #560 | 11 | — | |
| 1881 | #434 | 15 | — | |
| 1880 | #403 | 17 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Queen was already there! It came in at #403, and was given to 17 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1987, when fewer than 10 girls a year got the name.
Where Queen is popular in 1950
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#157 · 1 in 727
- Mississippi#197 · 1 in 945
- Georgia#209 · 1 in 1,196
- Arkansas#229 · 1 in 1,423
- Alabama#249 · 1 in 1,601
Best ever in a state: #105 in South Carolina, 1932.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #157 | 38 | 1 in 727 |
| Mississippi | #197 | 30 | 1 in 945 |
| Georgia | #209 | 35 | 1 in 1,196 |
| Arkansas | #229 | 15 | 1 in 1,423 |
| Alabama | #249 | 23 | 1 in 1,601 |
| North Carolina | #262 | 26 | 1 in 1,857 |
| Florida | #304 | 13 | 1 in 2,176 |
| Virginia | #306 | 13 | 1 in 2,690 |
| Louisiana | #382 | 11 | 1 in 3,091 |
| Tennessee | #431 | 7 | 1 in 5,243 |
| Michigan | #588 | 7 | 1 in 10,457 |
| Texas | #819 | 8 | 1 in 11,963 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Queen
- 234 spots since 2024 (#1,980 → #2,214)
- 1,254 spots since 2020 (#960 → #2,214)
- 701 spots since 2015 (#1,513 → #2,214)
- Biggest jump: 151 spots in 1897 (#576 → #425)
- Biggest drop: 175 spots in 2021 (#960 → #1,135)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1907 at #369 (91 births)
- Births halved by 1967, 60 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1880–1959
- Highest: 1 in 3,501 girls born in 1907 were named Queen (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 19,365 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 15.2% of all girls named Queen (2,439) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 193 | #378 (1886) | #489 |
| 1890s | 345 | #425 (1897) | #485 |
| 1900s | 617 | #369 (1907) | #431 |
| 1910s | 1,511 | #402 (1911) | #458 |
| 1920s | 2,439 | #411 (1929) | #438 |
| 1930s | 2,228 | #416 (1932) | #438 |
| 1940s | 2,152 | #464 (1943) | #520 |
| 1950s | 1,803 | #527 (1950) | #719 |
| 1960s | 723 | #1,023 (1961) | #1,430 |
| 1970s | 230 | #2,398 (1972) | #3,179 |
| 1980s | 213 | #2,614 (1981) | #4,268 |
| 1990s | 494 | #1,753 (1993) | #2,822 |
| 2000s | 576 | #2,393 (2003) | #2,840 |
| 2010s | 1,613 | #943 (2018) | #1,685 |
| 2020s | 955 | #960 (2020) | #1,552 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Queen in 1950
Top girls' names in 1950
More about 1950
girls
1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 7,021 of them was named Queen, which outranked 91.4% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #522Nita246
- #525Addie245
- #525Lizzie245
- #527Queen244
- #527Angie244
- #527Earline244
- #527Johanna244
- #532Clarice243
- #532Leola243
- #532Sharyn243
Tied with 4 names at #527; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.