Quy — boys' name
111 babies named Quy in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
51% of everyone ever named Quy was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Quy in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Quy
The Social Security Administration has registered 111 babies named Quy between 1980 and 2013, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Quy currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Quy performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Quy shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Quy in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Quy 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 111 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.
Quy at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Quy popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1980
- Peak year (1991)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
111 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 11 births in a single year.
Quy by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 57 births that decade — 51% of Quy's all-time total
Quy decade highlights
- Peak decade 57 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Quy's strongest decade
57 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Quy by state
Where Quy concentrates geographically — total births since 1980
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 5.4% |
6 of 111 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 5.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1980–2013 (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.