Is Beyonce a boy or girl name?

Beyonce is a girl’s name. Of the 1,970 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Beyonce

Recorded 1998–2022 · United States

Beyonce was most popular in 2001, when 353 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,272 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,970 people named Beyonce.

Beyonce over time

Births per year. The dot marks Beyonce’s peak in 2001. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Beyonce a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Beyonce is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 1,970 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Beyonce

Where Beyonce is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org