NameTides

Queen

Queen was the #2,214 girls' name in the US in 2025 (83 babies), and #3,333 in England & Wales and #1,668 in Canada.

Queen as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Queen as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Queen as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesIrelandCanada
2025#2,214 (83)#3,333 (7)—#1,668 (14)
2024#1,980 (99)#3,696 (6)—#2,259 (9)
2023#1,614 (129)#4,057 (5)—#1,044 (24)
2022#1,406 (162)#2,325 (11)—#2,835 (6)
2021#1,135 (217)#3,961 (5)—#1,876 (11)
2020#960 (265)#3,117 (7)—#2,163 (9)
2019#982 (263)#4,686 (4)—#1,533 (15)
2018#943 (282)#3,985 (5)—#1,567 (14)
2017#1,075 (236)#4,063 (5)—#2,179 (9)
2016#1,232 (198)#4,763 (4)—#1,906 (11)
2015#1,513 (149)——#1,499 (15)
2014#1,487 (150)#3,514 (6)——
2013#1,675 (126)#4,739 (4)—#1,792 (12)
2012#2,160 (87)#3,681 (6)—#3,334 (5)
2011#3,222 (51)#4,049 (5)—#2,348 (8)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1907 at #369.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 19,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 36,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Queen is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 25,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 23,000 to 1 in 27,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Queen by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: #965MINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,093CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,790TXFlorida: #1,545FL
Queen (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
QueenCanadaGirls#1,66814
QueenEngland & WalesGirls#3,3337
QueenIrelandGirls—too few
QueenNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
QueenUSGirls#2,21483
QueenUSBoys—too few