Fun Facts About the Name Kween
- 182 babies named Kween: U.S. records list 182 babies given the name Kween from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Kween Mean?
Kween is an English respelling of the word and given name Queen, and it means "queen." The word goes back to Old English cwēn, which meant both "woman, wife" and "queen," and it descends from an old Germanic feminine noun for "woman, wife," with relatives in Old Norse kona and Gothic qino. In Old English the letters cw were pronounced like modern "kw," so the spelling kween simply writes out the sound of the word rather than preserving its older spelling. The literal sense is "queen" or "woman"; the looser, affectionate use of kween as a term of address for someone admired does not change that basic meaning.
Kween Name History & Origins
The word behind the name is old in English: cwēn is recorded in the earliest English texts with the senses "woman, wife" and "queen," and the same Germanic root appears in Old Norse kona and Gothic qino. By the Middle English period the form had become quene or queen, and the sense narrowed toward a woman of royal rank or the wife of a king, while ordinary "woman" came to be carried by other words.
Queen has been used as a personal name in the English-speaking world, and Kween is a later respelling that follows the word's pronunciation. Respellings of this kind fit a broader modern naming habit of writing common words or names phonetically, so Kween is best understood as a variant of Queen rather than a separate name with its own derivation. The respelled form also circulates in informal English as a playful spelling of "queen," used as a compliment or term of address, especially in drag performance and online fan communities, and it appears as a given name in the United States and in other places where English naming is common.
How Popular is the Name Kween?
Kween has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2019. Its best rank was #4,980 in 2019.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #12,590 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2024 | #9,242 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2023 | #8,289 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2022 | #6,353 | 19 | 0.0012% |
| 2021 | #5,486 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2020 | #7,408 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2019 | #4,980 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2018 | #5,394 | 24 | 0.0014% |
| 2017 | #5,597 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2016 | #13,677 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2015 | #15,539 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #13,888 | 7 | 0.0004% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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