Beyonce

Last seen for girls in 2022 at #13,592

Peak · girls
2001 · 353 births
Debut · girls
18 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,970
since 1998

Beyonce over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Beyonce has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202001peak #700, 2001girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
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2022#13,5926
2021#15,2515
2020#15,0885
2019#9,11211
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2016#14,3316
2015#10,14810
2014#5,79722
2013#4,88728
2012#4,12136
2011#3,84339
2010#3,20351
2009#2,42579
2008#1,990105
2007#1,317185
2006#1,905106
2005#1,838106
2004#1,239176
2003#1,075206
2002#1,282153
2001#700353
2000#1,053197
1999#2,22267
1998#5,58318
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First appearance
1998

The first year at least five girls were named Beyonce! It came in at #5,583, and was given to 18 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2017–2018, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Beyonce is popular in 2001

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedMNIllinois: #502 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,932 girlsILWisconsin: #524 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 3,159 girlsWIMichigan: #1,186 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 9,984 girlsMINew York: #743 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 4,898 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedINOhio: #1,252 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 11,914 girlsOHPennsylvania: #727 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,599 girlsPANew Jersey: #631 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 4,140 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #916 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 6,537 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedUTColorado: #714 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,077 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedWVVirginia: #751 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 5,015 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedDEArizona: #904 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,337 girlsAZNew Mexico: #298 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,147 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedKSArkansas: #465 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,333 girlsARTennessee: #849 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,034 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #522 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,949 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #312 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,484 girlsLAMississippi: #120 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 527 girlsMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedALGeorgia: #585 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 3,446 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Beyonce, so not publishedHITexas: #461 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 2,597 girlsTXFlorida: #506 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 3,093 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#120 · 1 in 527
  2. New Mexico#298 · 1 in 1,147
  3. Louisiana#312 · 1 in 1,484
  4. Texas#461 · 1 in 2,597
  5. Arkansas#465 · 1 in 2,333

Best ever in a state: #120 in Mississippi, 2001.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#120221 in 527
New Mexico#29871 in 1,147
Louisiana#312141 in 1,484
Texas#461591 in 2,597
Arkansas#46551 in 2,333
Illinois#502241 in 2,932
Florida#506251 in 3,093
North Carolina#522151 in 2,949
Wisconsin#52481 in 3,159
Georgia#585141 in 3,446
New Jersey#631101 in 4,140
Colorado#71461 in 4,077
Pennsylvania#727101 in 5,599
New York#743201 in 4,898
Virginia#75171 in 5,015
Tennessee#84951 in 6,034
Arizona#90461 in 5,337
California#916341 in 6,537
Michigan#1,18651 in 9,984
Ohio#1,25251 in 11,914
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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 Beyonce
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 353 spots in 2001 (#1,053 → #700)
  • Biggest drop: 582 spots in 2002 (#700 → #1,282)
Rise & fade · girls
3 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1998
  • Peaked 2001 at #700 (353 births)
  • Births halved by 2002, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 2001
Share of babies · girls
1 in 5,101
  • Highest: 1 in 5,101 girls born in 2001 were named Beyonce (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 273,355 girls born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 84.6% of all girls named Beyonce (1,666) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1990s85#2,222 (1999)#3,903
2000s1,666#700 (2001)#1,482
2010s203#3,203 (2010)#6,930
2020s16#13,592 (2022)#14,644

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.

Beyonce in 2001

girls
#700
353 births · 1 in 5,101 girls

Top girls' names in 2001

  1. #1Emily25,059
  2. #2Madison22,166
  3. #3Hannah20,723
  4. #4Ashley16,531
  5. #5Alexis16,404
  6. #6Sarah15,929
  7. #7Samantha15,867
  8. #8Abigail14,807
  9. #9Elizabeth14,792
  10. #10Olivia13,977
  11. #700Beyonce353
More about 2001

girls

1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 5,101 of them was named Beyonce, which outranked 96.1% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beyonce
  1. #697Calista358
  2. #698Joana357
  3. #699Donna355
  4. #700Beyonce353
  5. #700Mattie353
  6. #700Monserrat353
  7. #703Annette352
  8. #703Bria352
  9. #703Carson352

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2000
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,602Dafne#2,569 → #967
  2. ↑ 1,493Nevaeh#1,759 → #266
  3. ↑ 1,339Jimena#2,213 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,263Taina#2,174 → #911
  5. ↑ 1,069Yuliana#1,759 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Dariana#837 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 368Cortney#825 → #1,193
  3. ↓ 362Maiya#994 → #1,356
  4. ↓ 313Rosalinda#701 → #1,014
  5. ↓ 307Ivana#863 → #1,170

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2001 →