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Queen

Pronounced K W IY1 N (ARPABET)

  • 1 syllable
  • Peaked 2018
  • 145 years in use
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How popular is Queen?

Queen is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 16,038 children — the 1,059th most common girls' name on record.

It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2018, when 282 children were given it.

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2018Girls: 282Boys: 0

Characteristics

  • 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
K W IY1 N
Stress pattern:
1
Syllables:
1

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Queen

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Queen

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Queen?
Queen ranks 1,059th among girls' names in US records, with 16,038 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,000.
Is Queen a unisex name?
No. Queen is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Queen most popular?
2018, when 282 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.