Quinlin — boys' name
200 babies named Quinlin in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Quinlin was born in this single decade.
14 babies were named Quinlin in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Quinlin
The Social Security Administration has registered 200 babies named Quinlin between 1976 and 2020, spanning 45 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Quinlin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2020. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 14 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Quinlin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Quinlin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Quinlin in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 200 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Quinlin at a glance
Last recorded 2020Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Quinlin popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2020–1976
- Peak year (1997)
- 14
- Annual births at peak — across 45 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2020.
200 total births across 45 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 14 births in a single year.
Quinlin popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2000 (Quinlin as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Quinlin accounts for 2% of total recorded use across both genders.
Quinlin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 104 births that decade — 52% of Quinlin's all-time total
Quinlin decade highlights
- Peak decade 104 births
- Runner-up 68 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Quinlin's strongest decade
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2020 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.