Queen

Queen: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning: “queen, female ruler”
Origin: English
Say it: KWEEN · 1 syllable
Used for: Girls

From the English royal title, ultimately from Old English cwen. It is sometimes used directly as a given name in modern naming.

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How popular is Queen?

202430.0 per million US babies

Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

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Babies named Queen in 202499

2024 rank#1,973 girls

Peak year1907

Total US babies since 188016,038

Queen is rising: use over the last five years is 2.0× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Queen

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Oliviaolive tree · English
Evelyndesired; little bird · English
Harperharp player · English
Averyruler of elves · English
Violetviolet flower · English
Hazelhazel tree · English
Ellieshort form of names ending in -el or -ella · English
Lilylily flower · English

Queen questions

What does the name Queen mean?

Queen means "queen, female ruler". It comes from English. From the English royal title, ultimately from Old English cwen. It is sometimes used directly as a given name in modern naming.

Is Queen a boy or girl name?

Queen is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Queen?

99 US babies were named Queen in 2024. Its peak year was 1907.

How do you pronounce Queen?

Queen is usually pronounced KWEEN.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.