How Many People Are Named Queen?
An estimated 7,166 people in the United States have the first name Queen. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 44 years old, and Queen peaked in popularity in 2018 with 282 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Queen as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Queen paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
7,166
About 1 in 47,831 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
99.8% confidence
Average Age
44
years old
Peak Year
2018
282 births
Total Registered
16,038
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Queen
Queen is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 16,038 total births registered, 99.8% were female.
Queen as a male name
Ranked #4,088 in 1949
5 male births in 1949
Peak: 1935 (9 births)
Queen as a female name
Ranked #1,986 in 2024
99 female births in 2024
Peak: 2018 (282 births)
Queen: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Queen span from the 1880s to the 2020s, covering 15 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1920s, when 2,444 babies were registered. While Queen is less common than at its peak in the 1920s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Queen by Decade
How has Queen tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Queen by State
Birth registrations for Queen span all 29 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia. The lowest are in Washington, Minnesota, District of Columbia. On average, about 406 Queens were registered per state.
Queen + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Queen as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Queen
Other first names starting with Q with a similar number of bearers.
Queen: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Queen?
We estimate approximately 7,166 people named Queen are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 47,831 Americans share this first name.
Is Queen a common name?
Queen is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 97.2% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 16,038 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Queen most popular?
Queen reached peak popularity in 2018, when 282 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Queen is approximately 44 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Queen a female name?
Queen is predominantly female. 99.8% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Queen Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Queen Smith, Queen Johnson, Queen Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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