Queen

A girls’ name of Old English origin, meaning a woman of royal rank or status.

Babies a year
234
the US, 2017
Rarity
Rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#3333
7 babies

How Queen has moved

US popularity rank, 2018–2020. Lower is more popular.
#868#966#1063201820192020#965

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YearUS rank
2018#949
2019#982
2020#965

Queen by the numbers

In 2025, 7 babies in England and Wales were named Queen. In the US, 234 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.

Its American peak was 263 babies in 1927, making it a 1920s name.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Queen. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Queena28 in the US (2017)
  • Quinndescendant of Conn; wise and intelligent4,467 in the US (2017)
  • Queeniequeen; diminutive or nickname form13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Quynn15 in the US (2017)

Other names that mean a king or ruler

Like Queen, each of these has a king or ruler in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.

  • Averyruler of the elves10,365 in the US (2017)
  • Ryanlittle king; descendent of rian8,422 in the US (2017)
  • Aubreyelf ruler; noble strength6,029 in the US (2017)
  • Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
  • Reaganlittle king3,211 in the US (2017)
  • Emerybrave, powerful; industrious ruler2,983 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Queen

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