girl's name

Queen

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 1
  • Letters 5
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 16,472

Ireland

#884

2006 births

Queen is a girl's name with 1 syllable. In 2025 it was given to 83 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 2018, when 282 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 39,944 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 1 syllable, with the stress on syllable 1.

Queen over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,444
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Queen by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 193
1890s 345
1900s 617
1910s 1,517
1920s 2,444
1930s 2,243
1940s 2,157
1950s 1,803
1960s 723
1970s 230
1980s 213
1990s 494
2000s 576
2010s 1,613
2020s (to 2025) 955

How popular is Queen?

In 2025, Queen was given to 83 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Queen is used

Ireland #884 3 in 2006
United States #2,228 83 in 2025
Canada #3,282 6 in 2024
England & Wales #3,557 7 in 2025
France #6,638 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Queen

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Queen also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Queen over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Queen

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Queen — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Queen

How popular is the name Queen?

In 2025, Queen was given to 83 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Queen a girl's or a boy's name?

Queen is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Queen?

Queen has 1 syllable.

When was Queen most popular?

Queen peaked in 2018, when 282 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Queen a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Queen currently ranks #2,228 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.