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Kween

kween /kwiːn/

At a glance

U.S. rank 2025
#11,932 of girl names (outside the top 1,000)
Babies in 2025
7 (<0.01% of girls)
Trend
Slipping #7,212 in 2020 to #11,932 in 2025
Peak
#4,909 in 2019
First recorded
2014

Meaning of Kween

Kween unfolds like a dawn chorus of petals, a contemporary echo of the Old English cwen—“woman, wife, queen”—and the Latin regina, yet reimagined with a spirited consonant that pulses with the promise of modern empowerment. Pronounced /kwiːn/, her single syllable carries both the weight of ancient coronets and the lightness of a butterfly’s ascent, inviting every bearer to inhabit her regal heritage with gentle confidence. She emerges in sun-warmed plazas of the heart, where laughter drifts like incense through orange-blossomed air, and every syllable becomes a whispered benediction of strength. In her wake, communities discover a symphony of solidarity, as if a hidden scroll of ancestral voices has unfurled to remind young girls that sovereignty is born not in isolation but in the shared beating of countless hearts. Kween, therefore, is more than a name: she is an embrace of history and hope, a torch passed from hand to hand, illuminating the path toward a future crowned in kindness and courage.

How to pronounce Kween

English

Popularity of Kween in the U.S.

Kween was the #11,932 girl name in the U.S. in 2025, with 7 babies. It peaked at #4,909 in 2019. It first appears in the records in 2014.

Bar and line chart: Kween in the U.S., 2014–2025. Bars: girls given the name each year, most 27 in 2019 and 7 in 2025. Line: rank among girl names, peak #4,909 in 2019, #11,932 in 2025.
  • Girls named Kween (left scale)
  • Rank among U.S. girl names (right scale, #1 at the top)
By year, 2014–2025. Source: SSA. Download: PNG · SVG
Year-by-year table, 2014⁠–⁠2025 12 rows
Kween: babies and rank among girl names in the U.S. by year
YearBabiesRankvs previous year
2025711,932▼ 2,986
2024118,946▼ 891
2023138,055▼ 1,826
2022196,229▼ 831
2021235,398▲ 1,814
2020157,212▼ 2,303
2019274,909▲ 406
2018245,315▲ 202
2017235,517▲ 7,359
2016712,876▲ 1,606
2015614,482▼ 1,413
2014713,069new

Notable people named Kween

  • Kween Kong is a New Zealand drag queen and former dancer known for RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under and Global All Stars.