Queen — #1973 US girls' name
16,007 babies named Queen in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 89% of names given to girls today.
15% of everyone ever named Queen was born in this single decade.
282 babies were named Queen in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Queen
The Social Security Administration has registered 16,007 babies named Queen between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Queen currently holds the #1973 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 282 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Queen performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 2,439 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Queen shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in South Carolina, which accounts for 1,731 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Queen in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Queen 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 16,007 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.
Queen at a glance
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Current rank
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Queen popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (2018)
- 282
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #1973 among girls.
16,007 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 282 births in a single year.
Queen popularity over time — boys
31 total births recorded since 1918 (Queen as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Queen accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Queen by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1920s
- 2,439 births that decade — 15% of Queen's all-time total
Queen decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,439 births
- Runner-up 2,228 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1920s was Queen's strongest decade
2,439 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 15% of all-time use.
Queen by state
Where Queen concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | South Carolina | | 1,731 | 10.8% |
| #2 | North Carolina | | 1,592 | 9.9% |
| #3 | Georgia | | 1,277 | 8.0% |
| #4 | Alabama | | 1,203 | 7.5% |
| #5 | Mississippi | | 1,184 | 7.4% |
| #6 | Florida | | 863 | 5.4% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 792 | 4.9% |
| #8 | Texas | | 633 | 4.0% |
1,731 of 16,007 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- South Carolina 10.8% of nationwide
- North Carolina 9.9% of nationwide
- Georgia 8.0% of nationwide
- Alabama 7.5% of nationwide
- Mississippi 7.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 29 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
South Carolina accounts for 10.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Queen appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1880–2024 (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.