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 1935
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Carolina#139 · 1 in 621
- Mississippi#174 · 1 in 761
- Georgia#198 · 1 in 1,044
- Alabama#200 · 1 in 1,084
- North Carolina#206 · 1 in 1,219
Best ever in a state: #105 in South Carolina, 1932.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Carolina | #139 | 33 | 1 in 621 |
| Mississippi | #174 | 29 | 1 in 761 |
| Georgia | #198 | 29 | 1 in 1,044 |
| Alabama | #200 | 27 | 1 in 1,084 |
| North Carolina | #206 | 30 | 1 in 1,219 |
| Florida | #212 | 11 | 1 in 1,134 |
| Virginia | #233 | 14 | 1 in 1,634 |
| Arkansas | #248 | 14 | 1 in 1,354 |
| Louisiana | #337 | 9 | 1 in 2,285 |
| Texas | #695 | 8 | 1 in 7,094 |
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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 1935
Top girls' names in 1935
Top boys' names in 1935
More about 1935
girls
1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 4,745 of them was named Queen, which outranked 91.1% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #431Alicia223
- #432Edwina222
- #432Letha222
- #434Queen221
- #434Marietta221
- #436Carmella219
- #436Corine219
- #436Ilene219
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 2,736Norita#3,449 → #713
- ↑ 1,073Shelby#1,913 → #840
- ↑ 672Darla#1,344 → #672
- ↑ 396Shirleyann#1,292 → #896
- ↑ 375Loris#1,236 → #861
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 115,706 of them was named Queen, which outranked 39.0% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,396Williard10
- #2,396Windle10
- #2,396Zeke10
- #2,529Queen9
- #2,529Abran9
- #2,529Aime9
- #2,529Alberta9
- #2,719Abie8
- #2,719Abron8
- #2,719Alen8
Tied with 189 names at #2,529; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.