Quince

#8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births

Peak · boys
1886 · 5 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
588
since 1884

Quince over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Quince has never cracked the top 900 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201884peak #959, 1886boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025#8,9108
2024#7,76510
2023
2022#12,3305
2021
2020#9,5547
2019#12,1455
2018#12,1565
2017
2016#12,1855
2015#12,0865
2014
2013#7,02611
2012
2011#12,2875
2010#8,8038
2009#8,9858
2008#12,5535
2007
2006#12,0555
2005#7,09610
2004
2003
2002#10,6675
2001#8,3397
2000#8,2097
1999#7,1398
1998#7,5607
1997#9,2655
1996
1995
1994
1993#6,2288
1992
1991#6,5197
1990#7,1786
1989#7,9055
1988#6,4266
1987#6,0896
1986#6,7215
1985#3,40113
1984
1983#6,2385
1982
1981#4,9617
1980
1979#6,0565
1978#4,5547
1977#4,1648
1976#3,7249
1975
1974#4,6346
1973#3,22310
1972#3,9637
1971#2,68613
1970
1969#4,4045
1968#2,20014
1967
1966
1965#2,47611
1964#2,20514
1963#2,41412
1962
1961#4,0655
1960#4,0385
1959#3,2907
1958#3,5596
1957#2,49411
1956
1955#3,2017
1954#2,9428
1953
1952
1951#3,3646
1950#3,3296
1949#3,0197
1948
1947#3,7335
1946
1945#3,3385
1944
1943
1942#2,7128
1941#3,1336
1940
1939
1938
1937#3,5185
1936#3,5495
1935#3,2526
1934
1933#3,6425
1932#3,0927
1931
1930#4,0015
1929#2,9808
1928#2,65910
1927#3,7806
1926#3,1398
1925#3,4087
1924#3,2608
1923#3,1758
1922
1921
1920#2,45912
1919
1918#2,8829
1917#3,2177
1916#3,8975
1915#3,8255
1914#2,9156
1913#2,4966
1912
1911
1910
1909
1908
1907
1906#1,1116
1905#1,0027
1904#1,2055
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886#9595
1885
1884#9715
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Quince! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1904, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

See more about Quince
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,145 spots since 2024 (#7,765#8,910)
  • 644 spots since 2020 (#9,554#8,910)
  • 3,176 spots since 2015 (#12,086#8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1886 at #959 (5 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1884–1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,901
  • Highest: 1 in 18,901 boys born in 1905 were named Quince (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #959 in 1886, was only 1 in 22,157 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 11.4% of all boys named Quince (67) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s10#959 (1886)#965
1890s0
1900s18#1,002 (1905)#1,106
1910s38#2,496 (1913)#3,205
1920s67#2,459 (1920)#3,108
1930s33#3,092 (1932)#3,509
1940s31#2,712 (1942)#3,187
1950s51#2,494 (1957)#3,168
1960s66#2,200 (1968)#3,115
1970s65#2,686 (1971)#4,126
1980s47#3,401 (1985)#5,963
1990s41#6,228 (1993)#7,315
2000s47#7,096 (2005)#9,701
2010s44#7,026 (2013)#10,955
2020s30#7,765 (2024)#9,640

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Quince in 1884

boys
#971
5 births · 1 in 22,888 boys

Top boys' names in 1884

  1. #1John9,388
  2. #2William8,897
  3. #3James5,693
  4. #4George4,961
  5. #5Charles4,802
  6. #6Frank3,218
  7. #7Joseph2,707
  8. #8Thomas2,572
  9. #9Henry2,474
  10. #10Robert2,468
  11. #971Quince5
More about 1884

boys

114,441 boys got a published name in 1884; 1 in 22,888 of them was named Quince, which outranked 13.7% of the 1,125 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 41.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Quince
  1. #848Whit6
  2. #848Wilhelm6
  3. #848Zollie6
  4. #971Quince5
  5. #971Abb5
  6. #971Ace5
  7. #971Aden5

Tied with 154 names at #971; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1883
Risers
  1. 404Pierce#892#488
  2. 388Harlan#892#504
  3. 372Buck#892#520
  4. 345Noel#892#547
  5. 323Cleve#527#204
Fallers
  1. 444Ernie#527#971
  2. 415Chin#556#971
  3. 388Newt#460#848
  4. 369Cal#479#848
  5. 351Omar#497#848

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1884