Queen
Drawn from the English title, which comes from Old English cwen, originally meaning woman or wife before it narrowed to a king's consort. It saw use as a given name in the American South.
Queen in 2025
Queen was given to 83 babies in the United States in 2025, making it the 4,040th most popular name of the year. That is roughly one in every 39,944 babies born.
The history of Queen
Queen reached its highest point in 2018, when 282 babies were given the name, ranking 1,739th that year. Its best-ever ranking was 579th, in 1907.
Across the 146 years of records since 1880, 16,123 babies have been named Queen. Half of them were born before 1943, which places the name's centre of gravity with the Silent Generation.
Queen by decade
| Decade | Babies named Queen | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 193 | 680 |
| 1890s | 345 | 680 |
| 1900s | 617 | 579 |
| 1910s | 1,517 | 662 |
| 1920s | 2,444 | 746 |
| 1930s | 2,243 | 753 |
| 1940s | 2,157 | 835 |
| 1950s | 1,803 | 949 |
| 1960s | 723 | 1,721 |
| 1970s | 230 | 3,847 |
| 1980s | 213 | 4,172 |
| 1990s | 494 | 2,936 |
| 2000s | 576 | 4,108 |
| 2010s | 1,613 | 1,739 |
| 2020s | 955 | 1,796 |
Where Queen is heading
Queen has fallen 44% over the past decade, from 149 babies in 2015 to 83 in 2025.
Names like Queen
Names that rose and fell at the same time as Queen.