# Queen (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/queen/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 16,123 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 31 / 16,092 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 127, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 51 | 3,257 |
| 2012 | 87 | 2,184 |
| 2013 | 126 | 1,682 |
| 2014 | 150 | 1,492 |
| 2015 | 149 | 1,517 |
| 2016 | 198 | 1,235 |
| 2017 | 236 | 1,078 |
| 2018 | 282 | 945 |
| 2019 | 263 | 982 |
| 2020 | 265 | 963 |
| 2021 | 217 | 1,137 |
| 2022 | 162 | 1,410 |
| 2023 | 129 | 1,624 |
| 2024 | 99 | 1,990 |
| 2025 | 83 | 2,234 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1918 | 6 | 4,070 |
| 1928 | 5 | 4,601 |
| 1933 | 6 | 3,553 |
| 1935 | 9 | 2,675 |
| 1949 | 5 | 4,088 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 3,533 |
| 2011 | 5 | 4,049 |
| 2012 | 6 | 3,681 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2016 | 4 | 4,763 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,985 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 7 | 3,117 |
| 2021 | 5 | 3,961 |
| 2022 | 11 | 2,325 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2024 | 6 | 3,695 |
| 2025 | 7 | 3,333 |

## People named Queen

- Queen Naija, American singer (born 1995)
- Queen Harrison, American hurdler and sprinter
- Queen Esther Marrow, American soul and gospel singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.