girl's name

Queenie

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 4,478

Scotland

#855

2012 births

Queenie is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1917, when 70 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 414,422 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Queenie 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.

582
'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Queenie by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 118
1890s 202
1900s 346
1910s 530
1920s 582
1930s 375
1940s 331
1950s 321
1960s 178
1970s 74
1980s 58
1990s 97
2000s 211
2010s 387
2020s (to 2025) 102

How popular is Queenie?

In 2025, Queenie was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Queenie is used

Scotland #855 3 in 2012
England & Wales #2,161 13 in 2025
Canada #2,232 9 in 2021
France #5,790 5 in 2023
United States #10,985 8 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 Queenie

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

Parents who like Queenie also like

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

Sibling names for Queenie

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

Common questions about Queenie

How popular is the name Queenie?

In 2025, Queenie was given to 8 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Queenie is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Queenie?

Queenie has 2 syllables.

When was Queenie most popular?

Queenie peaked in 1917, when 70 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Queenie a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Queenie currently ranks #2,161 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.