Quinn — #96 US unisex name
49,850 babies named Quinn in U.S. Social Security records since 1948, with the highest year being 2016. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 99.5% of names given to girls today.
55% of everyone ever named Quinn was born in this single decade.
3,648 babies were named Quinn in 2016 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Quinn
The Social Security Administration has registered 49,850 babies named Quinn between 1948 and 2024, spanning 77 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Quinn currently holds the #96 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 3,648 babies received it in a single year. Quinn is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 36,324 additional births since 1915.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Quinn performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 27,224 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Quinn shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 4,785 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Quinn in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Quinn 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 49,850 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.
Quinn at a glance
Top 100 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Quinn popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1948
- Peak year (2016)
- 3,648
- Annual births at peak — across 77 years of records
Currently ranks #96 among girls.
49,850 total births across 77 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2016 with 3,648 births in a single year.
Quinn popularity over time — boys
36,324 total births recorded since 1915 (Quinn as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Quinn accounts for 42% of total recorded use across both genders.
Quinn by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 27,224 births that decade — 55% of Quinn's all-time total
Quinn decade highlights
- Peak decade 27,224 births
- Runner-up 14,923 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Quinn's strongest decade
27,224 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Quinn by state
Where Quinn concentrates geographically — total births since 1948
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 4,785 | 9.6% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 2,885 | 5.8% |
| #3 | New York | | 2,842 | 5.7% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 2,687 | 5.4% |
| #5 | Texas | | 2,551 | 5.1% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 2,288 | 4.6% |
| #7 | Michigan | | 2,072 | 4.2% |
| #8 | Minnesota | | 1,744 | 3.5% |
4,785 of 49,850 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 9.6% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 5.8% of nationwide
- New York 5.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 5.4% of nationwide
- Texas 5.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.6% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Quinn appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1948–2024 (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.