Recorded 1981–1994 Boys' name Peak 1982 81 births

Kue — boys' name

81 babies named Kue in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s611990s20
1980s
Peak decade

75% of everyone ever named Kue was born in this single decade.

1982
Single peak year

11 babies were named Kue in 1982 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Kue

The Social Security Administration has registered 81 babies named Kue between 1981 and 1994, spanning 14 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kue currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1994. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Kue performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 61 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Kue shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Kue in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Kue in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 81 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Kue at a glance

Last recorded 1994

Total births

81

Since 1981

14 years of records

Peak year

1982

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1994

Active since

1981

Recorded for 14 years

Last year on file: 1994

Kue popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1981

Last recorded 1994
Peak year (1982)
11
Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
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Kue by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
61 births that decade — 75% of Kue's all-time total
1980s611990s20

Kue by state

Where Kue concentrates geographically — total births since 1981

Regionally concentrated
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Kue
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
22 27.2%
California share of Kue's total US births 27.2%

22 of 81 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Kue?
81 babies have been named Kue since 1981. It was last recorded in 1994. The peak year was 1982 with 11 births.
When was Kue most popular?
Kue was most popular in the 1980s decade with 61 total births. The single peak year was 1982.
Where is Kue most popular?
The top states for the name Kue are California (22 births).
How long has the name Kue been used?
Kue has been recorded in Social Security data since 1981, spanning 14 years of data through 1994.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1981–1994 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.