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.
75% of everyone ever named Kue was born in this single decade.
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 1994Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kue popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–1981
- Peak year (1982)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 14 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1994.
81 total births across 14 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 11 births in a single year.
Kue by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 61 births that decade — 75% of Kue's all-time total
Kue decade highlights
- Peak decade 61 births
- Runner-up 20 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kue's strongest decade
61 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 75% of all-time use.
Kue by state
Where Kue concentrates geographically — total births since 1981
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 22 | 27.2% |
22 of 81 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 27.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 27.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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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.