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

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Peak · girls
1907 · 91 births
Debut · girls
17 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
16,092
since 1880

Queen over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Queen has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #369, 1907girls
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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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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#2,21483—
2024#1,98099—
2023#1,614129—
2022#1,406162—
2021#1,135217—
2020#960265—
2019#982263—
2018#943282—
2017#1,075236—
2016#1,232198—
2015#1,513149—
2014#1,487150—
2013#1,675126—
2012#2,16087—
2011#3,22251—
2010#2,56271—
2009#2,96658—
2008#3,52946—
2007#2,89062—
2006#2,91659—
2005#2,90256—
2004#2,80857—
2003#2,39369—
2002#2,85452—
2001#2,60058—
2000#2,54559—
1999#2,34363—
1998#2,37059—
1997#2,51151—
1996#3,09338—
1995#2,58848—
1994#2,10265—
1993#1,75384—
1992#3,09137—
1991#4,65021—
1990#3,71428—
1989#5,83614—
1988#4,30820—
1987#7,3539—
1986#4,02820—
1985#4,28218—
1984#3,52723—
1983#4,68615—
1982#3,34425—
1981#2,61435—
1980#2,69934—
1979#2,62134—
1978#3,63720—
1977#3,36622—
1976#3,96316—
1975#3,25921—
1974#2,68327—
1973#3,63517—
1972#2,39830—
1971#3,37319—
1970#2,85624—
1969#2,05837—
1968#2,20530—
1967#1,78342—
1966#1,30469—
1965#1,30269—
1964#1,29374—
1963#1,20183—
1962#1,09099—
1961#1,023113—
1960#1,039107—
1959#871140—
1958#994109—
1957#887132—
1956#749168—
1955#700180—
1954#647203—
1953#628200—
1952#586219—
1951#596208—
1950#527244—
1949#561220#3,6905
1948#562219—
1947#549237—
1946#515234—
1945#523195—
1944#519193—
1943#464255—
1942#497224—
1941#521178—
1940#486197—
1939#448224—
1938#446226—
1937#429229—
1936#446203—
1935#434221#2,5299
1934#435224—
1933#424229#3,2686
1932#416247—
1931#431225—
1930#474200—
1929#411259—
1928#423258#4,1515
1927#425263—
1926#437246—
1925#435252—
1924#443249—
1923#427248—
1922#448232—
1921#483204—
1920#445228—
1919#432232—
1918#456216#3,7286
1917#490181—
1916#490172—
1915#533140—
1914#451148—
1913#439126—
1912#438116—
1911#402100—
1910#44580—
1909#42675—
1908#45662—
1907#36991—
1906#46553—
1905#40670—
1904#43056—
1903#44252—
1902#45947—
1901#44844—
1900#40767—
1899#46140—
1898#47542—
1897#42547—
1896#57628—
1895#49934—
1894#50432—
1893#46433—
1892#47932—
1891#44732—
1890#52425—
1889#43031—
1888#50325—
1887#48921—
1886#37832—
1885#52017—
1884#55614—
1883#61510—
1882#56011—
1881#43415—
1880#40317—
First appearance
1880

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 1924

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedWVVirginia: #222 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,603 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedKSArkansas: #203 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,032 girlsARTennessee: #321 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 2,717 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #169 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 962 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #151 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 797 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedLAMississippi: #213 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,086 girlsMSAlabama: #175 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 930 girlsALGeorgia: #282 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 2,288 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Queen, so not publishedHITexas: #709 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 6,935 girlsTXFlorida: #150 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 667 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Florida#150 · 1 in 667
  2. South Carolina#151 · 1 in 797
  3. North Carolina#169 · 1 in 962
  4. Alabama#175 · 1 in 930
  5. Arkansas#203 · 1 in 1,032

Best ever in a state: #105 in South Carolina, 1932.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Florida#150201 in 667
South Carolina#151311 in 797
North Carolina#169431 in 962
Alabama#175351 in 930
Arkansas#203211 in 1,032
Mississippi#213211 in 1,086
Virginia#222181 in 1,603
Georgia#282151 in 2,288
Tennessee#321111 in 2,717
Texas#70991 in 6,935
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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
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
27 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1907 at #369 (91 births)
  • Births halved by 1967, 60 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 83 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 83 yrs · run 1880–1959
Share of babies · girls
1 in 3,501
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 15.2% of all girls named Queen (2,439) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s193#378 (1886)#489
1890s345#425 (1897)#485
1900s617#369 (1907)#431
1910s1,511#402 (1911)#458
1920s2,439#411 (1929)#438
1930s2,228#416 (1932)#438
1940s2,152#464 (1943)#520
1950s1,803#527 (1950)#719
1960s723#1,023 (1961)#1,430
1970s230#2,398 (1972)#3,179
1980s213#2,614 (1981)#4,268
1990s494#1,753 (1993)#2,822
2000s576#2,393 (2003)#2,840
2010s1,613#943 (2018)#1,685
2020s955#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 1924

girls
#443
249 births · 1 in 5,016 girls

Top girls' names in 1924

  1. #1Mary73,534
  2. #2Dorothy39,996
  3. #3Helen31,194
  4. #4Betty30,600
  5. #5Margaret26,547
  6. #6Ruth23,601
  7. #7Virginia18,620
  8. #8Mildred15,853
  9. #9Doris15,786
  10. #10Frances15,183
  11. #443Queen249
More about 1924

girls

1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 5,016 of them was named Queen, which outranked 92.5% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Queen
  1. #438Retha252
  2. #441Oma251
  3. #442Zelda250
  4. #443Queen249
  5. #444Marietta246
  6. #445William245
  7. #446Earnestine244
Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. ↑ 459Bettylou#1,327 → #868
  2. ↑ 374Doloris#1,350 → #976
  3. ↑ 332Gaynell#1,283 → #951
  4. ↑ 313Toby#1,305 → #992
  5. ↑ 262Letty#1,213 → #951
Fallers
  1. ↓ 388Izola#966 → #1,354
  2. ↓ 305Fumiko#953 → #1,258
  3. ↓ 303Clemmie#941 → #1,244
  4. ↓ 276Cruz#793 → #1,069
  5. ↓ 271Eris#457 → #728

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

See the top 100 for 1924 →