Quinlan

#5,554 for girls in 2025, 22 births · #3,848 for boys in 2025, 28 births
Given to boys 77.7% of the time

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Peak · boys
2006 · 144 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
2,561
since 1977

Quinlan over time

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

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201999peak #3,360, 2010peak #1,172, 2006girlsboys
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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#5,55422#3,84828
2024#11,1228#3,52432
2023#6,40918#3,56632
2022#8,54212#3,61731
2021#6,17419#3,49732
2020#7,96913#3,27434
2019#6,41418#2,42155
2018#6,01020#2,79643
2017#6,04420#2,49351
2016#4,85028#2,58748
2015#5,28825#2,45751
2014#5,16326#2,31756
2013#4,75529#2,18260
2012#4,04737#1,83280
2011#5,20726#1,67589
2010#3,36048#1,71389
2009#5,89123#1,80982
2008#5,01329#1,553103
2007#4,38034#1,287135
2006#4,68530#1,172144
2005#4,95826#1,343112
2004#4,70728#1,42599
2003#4,80426#1,296108
2002#5,25422#1,295104
2001#4,56426#1,307100
2000#5,15122#1,220110
1999#4,87022#1,194107
1998#5,79917#1,35986
1997#6,48314#1,43875
1996#7,57411#1,55264
1995#10,5147#1,70652
1994#7,60411#1,97742
1993#11,7806#2,34732
1992#10,4797#2,30332
1991#2,22732
1990#3,77915
1989#2,90221
1988#11,7985#4,45010
1987#3,20115
1986#4,8538
1985#3,59912
1984#3,92510
1983#4,9077
1982#4,5938
1981#6,2625
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1978#4,1578
1977#5,8455
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First appearance
1977

The first year at least five boys were named Quinlan! It came in at #5,845, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1980–1981, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 324 spots since 2024 (#3,524#3,848)
  • 574 spots since 2020 (#3,274#3,848)
  • 1,391 spots since 2015 (#2,457#3,848)
Rise & fade · boys
29 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1977
  • Peaked 2006 at #1,172 (144 births)
  • Births halved by 2013, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,273
  • Highest: 1 in 14,273 boys born in 2006 were named Quinlan (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 61,003 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 42.8% of all boys named Quinlan (1,097) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Never flipped
  • The majority has never changed
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s20#4,157 (1978)#4,948
1980s96#2,902 (1989)#4,299
1990s537#1,194 (1999)#1,988
2000s1,097#1,172 (2006)#1,371
2010s622#1,675 (2011)#2,247
2020s189#3,274 (2020)#3,554

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.

Quinlan in 1999

girls
#4,870
22 births · 1 in 80,628 girls
boys
#1,194
107 births · 1 in 17,945 boys

Top girls' names in 1999

  1. #1Emily26,542
  2. #2Hannah21,679
  3. #3Alexis19,237
  4. #4Sarah19,119
  5. #5Samantha19,044
  6. #6Ashley18,136
  7. #7Madison18,054
  8. #8Taylor16,906
  9. #9Jessica16,350
  10. #10Elizabeth15,350
  11. #4,870Quinlan22

Top boys' names in 1999

  1. #1Jacob35,371
  2. #2Michael33,915
  3. #3Matthew30,418
  4. #4Joshua27,265
  5. #5Nicholas25,639
  6. #6Christopher25,604
  7. #7Andrew23,866
  8. #8Joseph23,220
  9. #9Daniel22,704
  10. #10Tyler22,669
  11. #1,194Quinlan107
More about 1999

girls

1,773,823 girls got a published name in 1999; 1 in 80,628 of them was named Quinlan, which outranked 71.3% of the 16,947 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Quinlan
  1. #4,718Tylee23
  2. #4,718Yuki23
  3. #4,718Zykia23
  4. #4,870Quinlan22
  5. #4,870Adamary22
  6. #4,870Adelaida22
  7. #4,870Adelia22
  8. #5,039Adam21
  9. #5,039Ailene21
  10. #5,039Aili21

Tied with 168 names at #4,870; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. 1,407Citlalli#2,338#931
  2. 1,329Noelia#2,048#719
  3. 1,060Amaya#1,458#398
  4. 864Kyara#1,789#925
  5. 604Journey#1,557#953
Fallers
  1. 579Erykah#779#1,358
  2. 417Tea#747#1,164
  3. 415Tasia#800#1,215
  4. 406Monika#930#1,336
  5. 357Chase#952#1,309

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

boys

1,920,150 boys got a published name in 1999; 1 in 17,945 of them was named Quinlan, which outranked 89.7% of the 11,614 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 14.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Quinlan
  1. #1,189Keshaun108
  2. #1,189Luiz108
  3. #1,189Tyrus108
  4. #1,194Quinlan107
  5. #1,194Chauncey107
  6. #1,194Fredy107
  7. #1,194Gannon107
  8. #1,203Isaak106
  9. #1,203Jody106
  10. #1,203Khari106

Tied with 8 names at #1,194; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1998
Risers
  1. 1,239Trajan#2,235#996
  2. 669Tyreese#1,558#889
  3. 595Latrell#1,231#636
  4. 420Zion#694#274
  5. 414Xander#1,338#924
Fallers
  1. 381Jaret#555#936
  2. 362Kordell#841#1,203
  3. 313Juwan#524#837
  4. 296Jarett#743#1,039
  5. 288Christion#989#1,277

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

See the top 100 for 1999