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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #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 1990

girls
#2,900
39 births · 1 in 48,681 girls
boys
#502
382 births · 1 in 5,377 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #2,900Quincy39

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #502Quincy382
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 48,681 of them was named Quincy, which outranked 81.0% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Quincy
  1. #2,850Terica40
  2. #2,850Trang40
  3. #2,850Zuleima40
  4. #2,900Quincy39
  5. #2,900Alejandrina39
  6. #2,900Anjali39
  7. #2,900Annah39
  8. #2,957Aleasha38
  9. #2,957Alejandro38
  10. #2,957Alixandra38

Tied with 56 names at #2,900; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 5,592Alannah#6,531#939
  2. 1,178Symone#1,998#820
  3. 869Shelbi#1,750#881
  4. 831Latifah#1,532#701
  5. 828Skyler#1,564#736
Fallers
  1. 2,554Elizabet#524#3,078
  2. 1,572Katherin#717#2,289
  3. 652Stephani#390#1,042
  4. 504Ashanti#893#1,397
  5. 416Audrianna#759#1,175

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

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 5,377 of them was named Quincy, which outranked 94.7% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Quincy
  1. #497Jaron385
  2. #497Jayson385
  3. #497Keegan385
  4. #502Quincy382
  5. #502Quintin382
  6. #502Rickey382
  7. #505Garret380
  8. #505Mike380
  9. #507Roland379

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. 3,636Tevin#4,017#381
  2. 3,283Keenen#4,271#988
  3. 1,325Male#2,027#702
  4. 1,032Denzel#1,476#444
  5. 598Kevon#1,476#878
Fallers
  1. 1,130Kiara#956#2,086
  2. 916Rachel#993#1,909
  3. 855Nicole#985#1,840
  4. 746Tiffany#956#1,702
  5. 681Sarah#819#1,500

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

See the top 100 for 1990