Queen
Queen was given to 83 girls in 2025, #2,234 among girls’ names; 16,123 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 7,820 Americans named Queen and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (49% of everyone recorded); the median is 51 years old and half are between 11 and 75.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Queen by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Queen?
#2,234 among girls’ names, 2025
Queen fell from #1,517 in 2015 to #2,234 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 83.5 to 51.6 per million.
282 babies in 2018, the peak
Queen peaked in 2018, when 282 girls were given it, #945 among girls’ names. The 83 births of 2025 are 29% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 83 | #2,234 | 0.05 |
| 2024 | 99 | #1,990 | 0.06 |
| 2023 | 129 | #1,624 | 0.08 |
| 2022 | 162 | #1,410 | 0.10 |
| 2021 | 217 | #1,137 | 0.13 |
| 2020 | 265 | #963 | 0.16 |
| 2019 | 263 | #982 | 0.16 |
| 2018 | 282 | #945 | 0.17 |
| 2017 | 236 | #1,078 | 0.14 |
| 2016 | 198 | #1,235 | 0.11 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 149 | #1,517 | 0.08 |
| 2014 | 150 | #1,492 | 0.08 |
| 2013 | 126 | #1,682 | 0.07 |
| 2012 | 87 | #2,184 | 0.05 |
| 2011 | 51 | #3,256 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 71 | #2,581 | 0.04 |
| 2009 | 58 | #2,990 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 46 | #3,572 | 0.02 |
| 2007 | 62 | #2,918 | 0.03 |
| 2006 | 59 | #2,934 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 56 | #2,925 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 57 | #2,832 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 69 | #2,403 | 0.04 |
| 2002 | 52 | #2,877 | 0.03 |
| 2001 | 58 | #2,621 | 0.03 |
| 2000 | 59 | #2,559 | 0.03 |
| 1999 | 63 | #2,362 | 0.04 |
| 1998 | 59 | #2,385 | 0.03 |
| 1997 | 51 | #2,543 | 0.03 |
| 1996 | 38 | #3,125 | 0.02 |
| 1995 | 48 | #2,607 | 0.03 |
| 1994 | 65 | #2,113 | 0.04 |
| 1993 | 84 | #1,756 | 0.05 |
| 1992 | 37 | #3,122 | 0.02 |
| 1991 | 21 | #4,759 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 28 | #3,784 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 14 | #6,060 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,436 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,818 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 20 | #4,149 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,401 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 23 | #3,588 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,824 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 25 | #3,393 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 35 | #2,643 | 0.02 |
| 1980 | 34 | #2,733 | 0.02 |
| 1979 | 34 | #2,656 | 0.02 |
| 1978 | 20 | #3,731 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 22 | #3,453 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 16 | #4,103 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 21 | #3,369 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 27 | #2,739 | 0.02 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,750 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 30 | #2,437 | 0.02 |
| 1971 | 19 | #3,463 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 24 | #2,913 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 37 | #2,092 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 30 | #2,232 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 42 | #1,809 | 0.03 |
| 1966 | 69 | #1,308 | 0.04 |
| 1965 | 69 | #1,317 | 0.04 |
| 1964 | 74 | #1,306 | 0.04 |
| 1963 | 83 | #1,209 | 0.04 |
| 1962 | 99 | #1,097 | 0.05 |
| 1961 | 113 | #1,028 | 0.06 |
| 1960 | 107 | #1,040 | 0.05 |
| 1959 | 140 | #877 | 0.07 |
| 1958 | 109 | #996 | 0.05 |
| 1957 | 132 | #892 | 0.06 |
| 1956 | 168 | #749 | 0.08 |
| 1955 | 180 | #705 | 0.09 |
| 1954 | 203 | #646 | 0.10 |
| 1953 | 200 | #629 | 0.11 |
| 1952 | 219 | #587 | 0.12 |
| 1951 | 208 | #596 | 0.12 |
| 1950 | 244 | #530 | 0.14 |
| 1949 | 220 | #564 | 0.13 |
| 1948 | 219 | #561 | 0.13 |
| 1947 | 237 | #550 | 0.13 |
| 1946 | 234 | #515 | 0.15 |
| 1945 | 195 | #523 | 0.15 |
| 1944 | 193 | #522 | 0.15 |
| 1943 | 255 | #464 | 0.18 |
| 1942 | 224 | #498 | 0.17 |
| 1941 | 178 | #522 | 0.15 |
| 1940 | 197 | #486 | 0.17 |
| 1939 | 224 | #448 | 0.20 |
| 1938 | 226 | #446 | 0.20 |
| 1937 | 229 | #429 | 0.22 |
| 1936 | 203 | #448 | 0.20 |
| 1935 | 221 | #435 | 0.21 |
| 1934 | 224 | #436 | 0.21 |
| 1933 | 229 | #425 | 0.23 |
| 1932 | 247 | #417 | 0.23 |
| 1931 | 225 | #431 | 0.21 |
| 1930 | 200 | #474 | 0.18 |
| 1929 | 259 | #412 | 0.23 |
| 1928 | 258 | #423 | 0.22 |
| 1927 | 263 | #427 | 0.22 |
| 1926 | 246 | #437 | 0.21 |
| 1925 | 252 | #435 | 0.21 |
| 1924 | 249 | #443 | 0.20 |
| 1923 | 248 | #428 | 0.21 |
| 1922 | 232 | #448 | 0.19 |
| 1921 | 204 | #484 | 0.17 |
| 1920 | 228 | #446 | 0.19 |
| 1919 | 232 | #433 | 0.21 |
| 1918 | 216 | #456 | 0.19 |
| 1917 | 181 | #490 | 0.17 |
| 1916 | 172 | #490 | 0.16 |
| 1915 | 140 | #535 | 0.14 |
| 1914 | 148 | #452 | 0.19 |
| 1913 | 126 | #440 | 0.20 |
| 1912 | 116 | #439 | 0.21 |
| 1911 | 100 | #405 | 0.24 |
| 1910 | 80 | #448 | 0.20 |
| 1909 | 75 | #429 | 0.22 |
| 1908 | 62 | #461 | 0.19 |
| 1907 | 91 | #369 | 0.29 |
| 1906 | 53 | #471 | 0.18 |
| 1905 | 70 | #407 | 0.24 |
| 1904 | 56 | #435 | 0.20 |
| 1903 | 52 | #447 | 0.20 |
| 1902 | 47 | #463 | 0.18 |
| 1901 | 44 | #451 | 0.18 |
| 1900 | 67 | #414 | 0.22 |
| 1899 | 40 | #465 | 0.17 |
| 1898 | 42 | #478 | 0.16 |
| 1897 | 47 | #431 | 0.20 |
| 1896 | 28 | #590 | 0.12 |
| 1895 | 34 | #508 | 0.15 |
| 1894 | 32 | #513 | 0.14 |
| 1893 | 33 | #472 | 0.15 |
| 1892 | 32 | #486 | 0.15 |
| 1891 | 32 | #454 | 0.17 |
| 1890 | 25 | #537 | 0.13 |
| 1889 | 31 | #436 | 0.17 |
| 1888 | 25 | #511 | 0.14 |
| 1887 | 21 | #496 | 0.14 |
| 1886 | 32 | #383 | 0.22 |
| 1885 | 17 | #536 | 0.13 |
| 1884 | 14 | #577 | 0.11 |
| 1883 | 10 | #643 | 0.09 |
| 1882 | 11 | #593 | 0.10 |
| 1881 | 15 | #445 | 0.16 |
| 1880 | 17 | #416 | 0.19 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Queen a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Queen has been given almost only to girls: 31 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Queen: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Queen, and how old are they?
7,820 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 49% of the 16,123 Americans ever recorded as Queen. The median Queen alive today is 51 years old; half are between 11 and 75.
The 2020 Census counted 7,504 people named Queen (7,457 women and girls, 47 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 8,067 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,150 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 2,400 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 470 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 487 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 948 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,340 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Queen born?
The states with the most babies named Queen are Texas, California and Florida, with 81% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 12 | #1,881 | 0.6× |
| California | 9 | #2,237 | 0.2× |
| Florida | 8 | #1,657 | 2.2× |
| Michigan | 7 | #1,036 | 0.2× |
Where Queen is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Queen is most over-represented in South Carolina: since 1910 it was given 6.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Queen with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 106,244 babies since 1880, Queen is the second most given (15% of them). In 2025 it was given to 83 of their 3,394 babies (2.4%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Queen
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Queen and names like it
- Compare Queen and QuinnBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sQueen peaked in 2018.
- South Carolina’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Queen since 1910.
- The top names of 2018The year the most babies were named Queen.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Queen alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with QMost given first.