Beyonce
Last seen for girls in 2022 at #13,592
- Peak · girls
- 2001 · 353 births
- Debut · girls
- 18 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 1,970since 1998
Beyonce over time
Rank among girls' names. Beyonce has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
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| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | #15,088 | 5 |
| 2019 | #9,112 | 11 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | #10,148 | 10 |
| 2014 | #5,797 | 22 |
| 2013 | #4,887 | 28 |
| 2012 | #4,121 | 36 |
| 2011 | #3,843 | 39 |
| 2010 | #3,203 | 51 |
| 2009 | #2,425 | 79 |
| 2008 | #1,990 | 105 |
| 2007 | #1,317 | 185 |
| 2006 | #1,905 | 106 |
| 2005 | #1,838 | 106 |
| 2004 | #1,239 | 176 |
| 2003 | #1,075 | 206 |
| 2002 | #1,282 | 153 |
| 2001 | #700 | 353 |
| 2000 | #1,053 | 197 |
| 1999 | #2,222 | 67 |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 |
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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 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Washington#1,093 · 1 in 6,429
- New York#1,202 · 1 in 7,961
- Florida#1,265 · 1 in 8,608
- Illinois#1,527 · 1 in 11,038
- California#1,547 · 1 in 12,741
Best ever in a state: #120 in Mississippi, 2001.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Washington | #1,093 | 5 | 1 in 6,429 |
| New York | #1,202 | 12 | 1 in 7,961 |
| Florida | #1,265 | 10 | 1 in 8,608 |
| Illinois | #1,527 | 6 | 1 in 11,038 |
| California | #1,547 | 18 | 1 in 12,741 |
| Texas | #2,316 | 8 | 1 in 20,965 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1998
- Peaked 2001 at #700 (353 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 2001
- 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%)
- 84.6% of all girls named Beyonce (1,666) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 85 | #2,222 (1999) | #3,903 |
| 2000s | 1,666 | #700 (2001) | #1,482 |
| 2010s | 203 | #3,203 (2010) | #6,930 |
| 2020s | 16 | #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 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
More about 2008
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1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 18,009 of them was named Beyonce, which outranked 90.3% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,977Mason106
- #1,977Nevaeha106
- #1,977Nikita106
- #1,990Beyonce105
- #1,990Austyn105
- #1,990Chelsie105
- #1,990Emoni105
- #2,004Aaniyah104
- #2,004Adysen104
- #2,004Alona104
Tied with 13 names at #1,990; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.