Beyonce
Beyonce is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. Its best rank was 700th, in 2001.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 2001353 births
- Best rank
- #700in 2001
- Since 1998
- 1,970people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,970 girls have been named Beyonce in the United States since 1998, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2001, with 353 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 353 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2003, and the 2000s alone account for 85%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
In 2001, its biggest year
Beyonce was the 700th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 2001 were Emily, Madison, Hannah, Ashley and Alexis. See all of 2001.
Names that rose and fell with Beyonce
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Laishapeak 2004
- Yamilepeak 2000
- Tamyapeak 2003
- Citlallipeak 2001
- Shamyapeak 2005
- Karymepeak 2003
- Pricilapeak 2002
- Shanyapeak 2003
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.