Boys' name · since 2016

Quigley

16 babies named Quigley in U.S. Social Security records since 2016, with the highest year being 2023. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

#30,983 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#13,287 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
16
born since 2016
2020s
peak decade

Yes -- Quigley is the #13287 most popular boys' name in the U.S. today, with 16 recorded since 2016.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quigley has been recorded 16 times among boys since 2016, currently ranked #13287 nationally and more common than 5% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2025.

  • #30,983 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • #13,287 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
  • 16 born since 2016
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quigley ranks #30,983 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,287 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 16 born since 2016, peaking in the 2020s.

#30,983 of 45,481
all-time among boys
#13,287 of 13,930
2025 SSA year
16
born since 2016
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%4.6%
Quigley vs. every other boys name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Quigley's 16 recorded births place it above 31.5% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Quigley compares

16 6th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Quigley's all-time total is 96% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Quigley Median boys name (Takari) #1 boys name (Liam)
All-time total births 16 369 358,536
Peak-year births 6 34 22,252

Quigley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Quigley's full recorded timeline at 2023, 69% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 31% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Quigley popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2023)
6
Annual births at peak, across 10 years of records
4.555.566.5 201620232025 5

Quigley by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (11 births, 69% of the file).

2020s was Quigley's strongest decade.

11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.

Quigley births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11 births (69% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Quigley?
16 babies have been named Quigley since 2016. All-time, it sits at #30,983 of 45,481 boys' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #13,287 of 13,930 among boys. The peak year was 2023 with 6 births.
Where does Quigley sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quigley ranks #30,983 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,287 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Quigley most popular?
Quigley was most popular in the 2020s decade with 11 total births. The single peak year was 2023.
How long has the name Quigley been used?
Quigley has been recorded in Social Security data since 2016, spanning 10 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Quigley?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Quinn, Quinton, Quincy, Quintin, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Quigley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 2016–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Quigley draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.