Quincy

#814 for girls in 2025, 335 births · #652 for boys in 2025, 422 births
Given to boys 83.6% of the time

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Peak · boys
1977 · 716 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
27,773
since 1880

Quincy over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201924peak #273, 1977girlsat peakboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#814335#652422
2024#955273#691393
2023#978263#672404
2022#1,145212#664411
2021#1,112222#632437
2020#1,194194#605452
2019#1,251186#590469
2018#1,262183#620432
2017#1,373168#606435
2016#1,406165#581476
2015#1,526147#598458
2014#1,471152#623423
2013#1,646129#603421
2012#1,663128#630386
2011#1,728119#598414
2010#1,720121#533485
2009#2,11995#527515
2008#1,990105#515529
2007#1,988103#493537
2006#2,01698#488530
2005#1,96997#465547
2004#2,10086#468538
2003#1,845100#460548
2002#1,95590#429580
2001#2,07580#432562
2000#2,17473#508451
1999#2,25866#508419
1998#2,16466#571342
1997#2,11666#525381
1996#1,86478#487438
1995#1,85076#474455
1994#2,02669#471460
1993#2,26757#436505
1992#3,68029#504400
1991#2,88640#492409
1990#2,90039#502382
1989#4,02024#523334
1988#3,58526#555274
1987#3,52425#545281
1986#3,13529#465350
1985#3,32826#478327
1984#4,73715#446352
1983#3,94919#430363
1982#4,34717#401421
1981#4,34417#385439
1980#4,74315#346529
1979#3,33324#322582
1978#3,28323#297627
1977#2,90927#273716
1976#2,93225#304586
1975#2,88125#351483
1974#3,55818#376418
1973#4,15514#436321
1972#4,09114#432340
1971#3,26620#547217
1970#3,57717#643160
1969#3,46116#775100
1968#3,16917#77392
1967#4,9828#81180
1966#4,4939#86071
1965#4,8318#76892
1964#6,0096#83183
1963#3,80112#89170
1962#4,26310#93066
1961#4,23910#84283
1960#3,68812#98160
1959#5,5666#95065
1958#3,54312#1,09149
1957#1,11747
1956#4,8377#97758
1955#4,7407#92165
1954#4,6557#93962
1953#4,5957#95057
1952#3,20112#99452
1951#1,00549
1950#3,6629#1,02247
1949#4,6736#91157
1948#5,2435#1,01548
1947#3,06112#87064
1946#3,6658#1,04543
1945#4,5565#1,27027
1944#4,0546#1,08537
1943#3,8017#98047
1942#3,7387#1,11937
1941#2,53212#1,16932
1940#4,3495#1,05038
1939#2,41712#1,01539
1938#3,8476#1,06237
1937#2,9409#1,05637
1936#2,68910#1,14233
1935#2,9269#95644
1934#3,4497#93146
1933#1,12434
1932#2,36513#1,03541
1931#3,8486#1,06540
1930#1,19035
1929#3,1379#1,13837
1928#2,95410#95051
1927#2,43314#89857
1926#2,70812#1,16138
1925#2,77812#1,05343
1924#2,97311#1,09343
1923#2,73212#1,15738
1922#1,12040
1921#2,76212#96253
1920#3,5988#1,04544
1919#3,2199#90854
1918#4,8095#1,09439
1917#3,3448#94646
1916#3,2588#1,05837
1915#2,9009#1,01539
1914#2,8767#1,07328
1913#2,5407#1,04923
1912#78331
1911#73219
1910#2,1406#56925
1909#65317
1908#9469
1907#61617
1906#1,1116
1905#61515
1904
1903#61913
1902#1,7935#7949
1901#1,0585
1900#1,3199#62316
1899#66110
1898#70110
1897#7259
1896#8268
1895#64011
1894#1,4855#1,0745
1893
1892#1,2786#8617
1891#6359
1890#62910
1889#62810
1888#1,0315
1887#8196
1886#6479
1885#60410
1884
1883#7996
1882#57611
1881#7067
1880#6828
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Quincy was already there! It came in at #682, and was given to 8 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Quincy
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 39 spots since 2024 (#691#652)
  • 47 spots since 2020 (#605#652)
  • 54 spots since 2015 (#598#652)
  • Biggest jump: 495 spots in 1907 (#1,111#616)
  • Biggest drop: 496 spots in 1906 (#615#1,111)
Rise & fade · boys
97 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1977 at #273 (716 births)
  • Births halved by 1984, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 108 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 108 yrs · run 1959–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,295
  • Highest: 1 in 2,295 boys born in 1977 were named Quincy (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,048 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 19.2% of all boys named Quincy (5,337) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1895
  • Mostly girls until 1894, mostly boys since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s72#576 (1882)#721
1890s79#629 (1890)#750
1900s107#615 (1905)#782
1910s341#569 (1910)#923
1920s444#898 (1927)#1,058
1930s386#931 (1934)#1,058
1940s430#870 (1947)#1,051
1950s551#921 (1955)#997
1960s797#768 (1965)#846
1970s4,450#273 (1977)#398
1980s3,670#346 (1980)#457
1990s4,191#436 (1993)#497
2000s5,337#429 (2002)#479
2010s4,399#533 (2010)#598
2020s2,519#605 (2020)#653

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.

Quincy in 1924

girls
#2,973
11 births · 1 in 113,534 girls
boys
#1,093
43 births · 1 in 26,343 boys

Top girls' names in 1924

  1. #1Mary73,534
  2. #2Dorothy39,996
  3. #3Helen31,194
  4. #4Betty30,600
  5. #5Margaret26,547
  6. #6Ruth23,601
  7. #7Virginia18,620
  8. #8Mildred15,853
  9. #9Doris15,786
  10. #10Frances15,183
  11. #2,973Quincy11

Top boys' names in 1924

  1. #1Robert60,802
  2. #2John59,052
  3. #3William53,506
  4. #4James52,942
  5. #5Charles30,460
  6. #6George27,373
  7. #7Joseph25,421
  8. #8Richard21,244
  9. #9Edward21,126
  10. #10Donald17,929
  11. #1,093Quincy43
More about 1924

girls

1,248,872 girls got a published name in 1924; 1 in 113,534 of them was named Quincy, which outranked 49.6% of the 5,900 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Quincy
  1. #2,809Wana12
  2. #2,809Willadene12
  3. #2,809Zara12
  4. #2,973Quincy11
  5. #2,973Adelfa11
  6. #2,973Adelyn11
  7. #2,973Agripina11
  8. #3,144Adra10
  9. #3,144Albirta10
  10. #3,144Aldea10

Tied with 170 names at #2,973; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. 459Bettylou#1,327#868
  2. 374Doloris#1,350#976
  3. 332Gaynell#1,283#951
  4. 313Toby#1,305#992
  5. 262Letty#1,213#951
Fallers
  1. 388Izola#966#1,354
  2. 305Fumiko#953#1,258
  3. 303Clemmie#941#1,244
  4. 276Cruz#793#1,069
  5. 271Eris#457#728

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

boys

1,132,742 boys got a published name in 1924; 1 in 26,343 of them was named Quincy, which outranked 78.0% of the 4,970 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 32.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Quincy
  1. #1,071Toney44
  2. #1,071Verner44
  3. #1,071Virgel44
  4. #1,093Quincy43
  5. #1,093Author43
  6. #1,093Benson43
  7. #1,093Caesar43
  8. #1,107Adolf42
  9. #1,107Allyn42
  10. #1,107Arch42

Tied with 13 names at #1,093; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1923
Risers
  1. 436Faustino#1,420#984
  2. 338Conway#1,275#937
  3. 310Coolidge#1,041#731
  4. 291Chas#1,235#944
  5. 287Leopoldo#1,194#907
Fallers
  1. 466Cliff#992#1,458
  2. 403Harding#860#1,263
  3. 367Dempsey#750#1,117
  4. 363Price#924#1,287
  5. 350Terrence#873#1,223

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

See the top 100 for 1924