Quinn
Quinn is a unisex name: 2,634 girls and 663 boys were given it in 2025 (#97 among girls’ names and #467 among boys’, #185 among all names counting both); 89,495 Americans have been recorded with it since 1915 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026). Girls have outnumbered boys among babies named Quinn every year since 2010.
An estimated 87,600 Americans named Quinn and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (98% of everyone recorded); the median is 12 years old and half are between 7 and 21.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Quinn by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Quinn mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Quinn is “a female given name transferred from the surname, of occasional 1990s and later usage.” Its etymology gives the sense “descendant of Chief” (Coinn).
Also “a male given name transferred from the surname.”
The surname is borrowed from Irish Ó Coinn (“descendant of Chief”).
/kwɪn/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Quinn?
#97 among girls’ names, 2025
Quinn held from #97 in 2015 to #97 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 1.7 to 1.6 per 1,000.
4,698 babies in 2016, the peak
Quinn peaked in 2016, when 4,698 babies were given it (3,649 girls, #79 among girls’ names). The 3,297 births of 2025 (girls and boys) are 70% of that peak.
Births by sex.
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,634 | #97 | 663 | #467 |
| 2024 | 2,700 | #96 | 618 | #497 |
| 2023 | 2,856 | #86 | 686 | #452 |
| 2022 | 3,103 | #73 | 701 | #444 |
| 2021 | 3,201 | #81 | 765 | #407 |
| 2020 | 3,078 | #84 | 676 | #439 |
| 2019 | 3,208 | #83 | 780 | #400 |
| 2018 | 3,390 | #85 | 836 | #384 |
| 2017 | 3,597 | #76 | 908 | #363 |
| 2016 | 3,649 | #79 | 1,049 | #330 |
Every recorded year (111)
| Year | Girls | Girls’ rank | Boys | Boys’ rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3,095 | #97 | 949 | #354 |
| 2014 | 2,554 | #126 | 878 | #363 |
| 2013 | 2,653 | #119 | 883 | #356 |
| 2012 | 2,110 | #153 | 986 | #319 |
| 2011 | 1,692 | #188 | 1,130 | #296 |
| 2010 | 1,279 | #255 | 1,237 | #276 |
| 2009 | 630 | #488 | 1,340 | #259 |
| 2008 | 599 | #516 | 1,217 | #281 |
| 2007 | 523 | #576 | 1,320 | #264 |
| 2006 | 546 | #543 | 1,233 | #282 |
| 2005 | 407 | #682 | 1,085 | #304 |
| 2004 | 401 | #687 | 1,035 | #306 |
| 2003 | 394 | #671 | 1,073 | #290 |
| 2002 | 336 | #726 | 914 | #312 |
| 2001 | 306 | #775 | 938 | #305 |
| 2000 | 297 | #770 | 937 | #311 |
| 1999 | 334 | #680 | 991 | #291 |
| 1998 | 282 | #764 | 816 | #330 |
| 1997 | 206 | #962 | 909 | #300 |
| 1996 | 194 | #980 | 791 | #332 |
| 1995 | 201 | #940 | 605 | #385 |
| 1994 | 160 | #1,125 | 592 | #391 |
| 1993 | 131 | #1,294 | 550 | #420 |
| 1992 | 109 | #1,457 | 487 | #452 |
| 1991 | 108 | #1,471 | 476 | #451 |
| 1990 | 96 | #1,579 | 363 | #517 |
| 1989 | 78 | #1,743 | 361 | #501 |
| 1988 | 93 | #1,472 | 267 | #568 |
| 1987 | 82 | #1,551 | 269 | #555 |
| 1986 | 74 | #1,611 | 241 | #574 |
| 1985 | 80 | #1,531 | 172 | #680 |
| 1984 | 101 | #1,264 | 179 | #645 |
| 1983 | 95 | #1,291 | 176 | #646 |
| 1982 | 141 | #1,037 | 190 | #630 |
| 1981 | 97 | #1,312 | 187 | #627 |
| 1980 | 104 | #1,258 | 218 | #582 |
| 1979 | 146 | #982 | 217 | #580 |
| 1978 | 66 | #1,626 | 164 | #656 |
| 1977 | 8 | #7,363 | 147 | #704 |
| 1976 | 22 | #3,256 | 141 | #698 |
| 1975 | 16 | #4,082 | 153 | #667 |
| 1974 | 11 | #5,253 | 162 | #633 |
| 1973 | under 5 | 136 | #686 | |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,719 | 117 | #734 |
| 1971 | 23 | #3,037 | 148 | #682 |
| 1970 | 22 | #3,086 | 162 | #640 |
| 1969 | 23 | #2,820 | 115 | #730 |
| 1968 | 22 | #2,770 | 115 | #704 |
| 1967 | 17 | #3,178 | 135 | #642 |
| 1966 | 24 | #2,503 | 110 | #709 |
| 1965 | 17 | #3,123 | 105 | #730 |
| 1964 | 14 | #3,647 | 120 | #708 |
| 1963 | 21 | #2,758 | 100 | #765 |
| 1962 | 6 | #6,386 | 65 | #943 |
| 1961 | 12 | #3,949 | 67 | #936 |
| 1960 | 7 | #5,569 | 67 | #923 |
| 1959 | under 5 | 56 | #1,030 | |
| 1958 | under 5 | 45 | #1,156 | |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,802 | 57 | #1,009 |
| 1956 | under 5 | 42 | #1,182 | |
| 1955 | under 5 | 29 | #1,446 | |
| 1954 | under 5 | 26 | #1,518 | |
| 1953 | under 5 | 22 | #1,666 | |
| 1952 | under 5 | 17 | #1,924 | |
| 1951 | under 5 | 27 | #1,447 | |
| 1950 | under 5 | 26 | #1,456 | |
| 1949 | under 5 | 12 | #2,309 | |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,841 | 22 | #1,596 |
| 1947 | under 5 | 24 | #1,543 | |
| 1946 | under 5 | 13 | #2,119 | |
| 1945 | under 5 | 13 | #1,994 | |
| 1944 | under 5 | 9 | #2,593 | |
| 1943 | under 5 | 11 | #2,373 | |
| 1942 | under 5 | 19 | #1,665 | |
| 1941 | under 5 | 11 | #2,304 | |
| 1940 | under 5 | 11 | #2,287 | |
| 1939 | under 5 | 8 | #2,770 | |
| 1938 | under 5 | 8 | #2,809 | |
| 1937 | under 5 | 10 | #2,440 | |
| 1936 | under 5 | 11 | #2,267 | |
| 1935 | under 5 | 17 | #1,746 | |
| 1934 | under 5 | 8 | #2,903 | |
| 1933 | under 5 | 7 | #3,214 | |
| 1932 | under 5 | 14 | #2,071 | |
| 1931 | under 5 | 10 | #2,605 | |
| 1930 | under 5 | 15 | #2,051 | |
| 1929 | under 5 | 12 | #2,431 | |
| 1928 | under 5 | 15 | #2,134 | |
| 1927 | under 5 | 8 | #3,380 | |
| 1926 | under 5 | 6 | #4,085 | |
| 1925 | under 5 | 9 | #3,094 | |
| 1924 | under 5 | 9 | #3,204 | |
| 1923 | under 5 | 9 | #3,116 | |
| 1922 | under 5 | 12 | #2,603 | |
| 1921 | under 5 | 20 | #1,813 | |
| 1920 | under 5 | 12 | #2,573 | |
| 1919 | under 5 | 12 | #2,479 | |
| 1918 | under 5 | 12 | #2,503 | |
| 1917 | under 5 | 12 | #2,391 | |
| 1916 | under 5 | 13 | #2,234 | |
| 1915 | under 5 | 8 | #3,008 |
Ranks: girls’ names and boys’ names ranked separately in each year’s SSA file; “under 5” is a year SSA did not list the name for that sex.
Is Quinn a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Of the 89,495 Americans recorded as Quinn, 59% are girls and 41% boys.
Years with fewer than 20 babies given the name are left blank.
Girls and boys named Quinn: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Quinn, and how old are they?
87,600 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 98% of the 89,495 Americans ever recorded as Quinn. The median Quinn alive today is 12 years old; half are between 7 and 21.
The 2020 Census counted 66,536 people named Quinn (34,959 women and girls, 31,577 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 67,414 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 40 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 658 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,580 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 7,440 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 27,100 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 49,800 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Quinn born?
The states with the most babies named Quinn are California, Texas and New York, with 21% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 265 | #134 | 0.8× |
| Texas | 218 | #188 | 0.5× |
| New York | 193 | #91 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 187 | #57 | 1.4× |
| Ohio | 177 | #53 | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 157 | #69 | 1.3× |
| Michigan | 138 | #53 | 1.2× |
| Massachusetts | 115 | #58 | 1.5× |
| Colorado | 112 | #49 | 1.5× |
| Florida | 108 | #214 | 0.6× |
Where Quinn is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Quinn is most over-represented in Minnesota: since 1915 it was given 1.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Quinn with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 5 names spelled alike, given to 106,587 babies since 1880, Quinn is the most given (84% of them). In 2025 it was given to 3,297 of their 3,405 babies (97%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Quinn
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
| Name | Recorded | 1910-2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Sloan | 11,268 |
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Quinn and names like it
- Compare Quinn and QueenBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sQuinn peaked in 2016.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Quinn since 1910.
- From surnamesWiktionary’s origin for Quinn: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2016The year the most babies were named Quinn.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Quinn alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with QMost given first.