How Many People Are Named Quincy?
people named Quincy are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 11,373 people in the US has this name
Based on 33,207 babies named Quincy in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
757 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was derived (via the place name CUINCHY) from the given name QUINTUS. A famous bearer was John Quincy Adams (1767-1848), sixth president of the United States, who was born in the town of Quincy, Massachusetts.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Quincy in English. Counting Quincy and these spellings together, about 32,612 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Quincy, 16.9% were girls and 83.1% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Quincy rose from 11.6% in the 1900s to 37.3% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Quincy alive today is about 27 years old, and 59% are under 30. Half of them were between 11 and 41 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Quincy first appears in the records in 1880, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 757 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Quincy has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #273, in 1977. In 2025 it ranked #654. Among girls, its best rank was #815, in 2025.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #654 | #815 |
| Best rank | #273 (1977) | #815 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #484 in the 2000s | #1,019 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Quincy alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Quincy were born in California than in any other state: about 2,678 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Quincy was given 2.8 times as often in Mississippi, 2.7 times in Louisiana and 2.3 times in South Carolina.
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