Unisex name ★ peaked 2016

Quinn

Meaning descendant of Chief Gender Unisex · 59% girls Rank 2025 #97 Trend ↓ Falling 12%

The surname is borrowed from Irish Ó Coinn (“descendant of Chief”).

Rank 2025
#97
among girls · ↓1 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
3,297
named Quinn · -1% vs 2024
How common
1 in 610
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2016
4,698 babies
All-time total
89,495
#569 all-time among girls
First recorded
1915
in Social Security records

Quinn popularity over time

89,495 babies have been named Quinn since 1915, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.631.251.882.518801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – 57 57 6 – –
1920s – 112 112 11 +96% –
1930s – 108 108 11 -4% –
1940s 5 145 150 15 +39% #5,843
1950s 5 347 352 35 +135% #6,804
1960s 163 999 1,162 116 +230% #2,504
1970s 326 1,547 1,873 187 +61% #982
1980s 945 2,260 3,205 321 +71% #1,037
1990s 1,821 6,580 8,401 840 +162% #681
2000s 4,439 11,092 15,531 1,553 +85% #488
2010s 27,227 9,636 36,863 3,686 +137% #76
2020s (to 2025) 17,572 4,109 21,681 3,614 -2% #73

Where Quinn is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 2,574 1.60 #103
2027 2,524 1.57 #107
2028 2,482 1.54 #109
2029 2,447 1.52 #112
2030 2,417 1.50 #114

Where Quinn is most popular

Girls named Quinn per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 1.79 per 1,000. Strongest in Vermont, North Dakota, and South Dakota.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Quinn born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Vermont 49 10.1 +466%
North Dakota 94 7.15 +300%
South Dakota 100 7.00 +292%
Maine 97 6.27 +251%
Montana 84 6.20 +247%
New Hampshire 93 5.04 +182%
Rhode Island 61 4.87 +173%
Wyoming 20 4.69 +163%
Minnesota 491 4.55 +155%
Hawaii 50 4.36 +144%
Delaware 49 4.32 +142%
Nebraska 155 4.31 +141%
Alaska 36 4.18 +134%
Iowa 243 4.16 +133%
Wisconsin 424 4.12 +130%
Massachusetts 489 4.04 +126%
District of Columbia 46 3.88 +117%
Connecticut 220 3.78 +112%
Colorado 417 3.74 +109%
Pennsylvania 816 3.45 +93%
Ohio 796 3.35 +88%
Kansas 192 3.33 +86%
Utah 263 3.16 +77%
Michigan 569 3.12 +75%
Idaho 100 2.99 +67%
Missouri 346 2.87 +61%
Illinois 654 2.86 +60%
Washington 404 2.80 +57%
Oregon 175 2.69 +50%
Indiana 374 2.66 +49%
New Jersey 449 2.49 +39%
Maryland 261 2.46 +38%
Nevada 114 2.45 +37%
West Virginia 64 2.44 +37%
Virginia 369 2.16 +21%
New York 831 2.10 +17%
Arizona 270 1.92 +8%
North Carolina 410 1.80 ≈ national
California 1,295 1.54 -14%
Kentucky 131 1.53 -14%
Oklahoma 110 1.49 -16%
South Carolina 133 1.48 -17%
Louisiana 116 1.33 -26%
Tennessee 193 1.22 -32%
Florida 502 1.17 -34%
Arkansas 62 1.17 -34%
Texas 891 1.11 -38%
New Mexico 25 1.03 -42%
Georgia 229 1.01 -44%
Mississippi 46 0.983 -45%
Alabama 56 0.596 -67%

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Quinn

Quinn is a top-100 name for girls in the United States, ranked #97 in 2025 with 2,634 babies given the name. It is currently holding steady compared with a decade ago.

Since 1915, 89,495 American babies have been named Quinn, about 59% girls and 41% boys, making it a genuinely unisex name. Its peak came in 2016, when 4,698 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2010s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Quinn stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Quinn?

The median living Quinn is about 11 years old; half are between 6 and 20. An estimated 88 thousand people named Quinn are alive in the United States today.

median 11 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Quinn year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each 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
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
1995 201 #943 605 #385
1990 96 #1,583 363 #518
1985 80 #1,532 172 #680
1980 104 #1,258 218 #582
1975 16 #4,084 153 #667
1970 22 #3,086 162 #640
1965 17 #3,124 105 #730
1960 7 #5,570 67 #924
1955 – – 29 #1,447
1950 – – 26 #1,457
1945 – – 13 #1,995
1940 – – 11 #2,287
1935 – – 17 #1,746
1930 – – 15 #2,051
1925 – – 9 #3,096
1920 – – 12 #2,574
1915 – – 8 #3,009
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Famous people named Quinn

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Quinn Cummings Quinn Cummings American writer, inventor and former child actress (born 1967) Contemporary
  2. 2 Quinn Shephard Quinn Shephard American actress, filmmaker and film editor (born 1995) Contemporary
  3. 3 Quinn Buckner Quinn Buckner American basketball player and coach (born 1954) Contemporary

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Quinn, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Quinn?

The median living Quinn is about 11 years old. Half of all living Quinns are between 6 and 20 years old.

How many people named Quinn are alive today?

An estimated 88 thousand people named Quinn are alive in the United States, based on 89,495 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

What does the name Quinn mean?

The surname is borrowed from Irish Ó Coinn (“descendant of Chief”).

How popular is the name Quinn in 2025?

Quinn ranked #97 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 2,634 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Quinn?

89,495 babies have been named Quinn in the United States since 1915, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Quinn most popular?

Quinn peaked in 2016, when 4,698 newborns received the name.

Is Quinn a boy or girl name?

Quinn is used for both: about 59% of babies named Quinn have been girls and 41% boys.

Is the name Quinn rising or falling?

Quinn has been roughly stable over the past decade.

Will Quinn become more popular?

Quinn is trending downward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 2,417 girls named Quinn in 2030, which would rank around #114. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Quinn?

Well-known people named Quinn include Quinn Cummings (actor), Quinn Shephard (actor), Quinn Buckner (basketball player).

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