How Many People Are Named Quinn?

87,724

people named Quinn are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 3,896 people in the US has this name

Based on 89,495 babies named Quinn in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#608

💎 Rare

Rank Among Gender-Neutral Names

#21

See the top 100

Peak Year

2016

4,698 births

Trend

↓

Declining (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Irish, English
Pronunciation: KWIN
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From an Irish surname, an Anglicized form of Ó Cuinn meaning "descendant of CONN".

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Same Sound, Other Spellings

These names are pronounced like Quinn in English. Counting Quinn and these spellings together, about 89,901 people alive in the US have the name.

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
59.4%
Male
40.6%

Of the babies given the name Quinn, 59.4% were girls and 40.6% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Quinn rose from 0% in the 1920s to 81% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Quinn alive today is about 14 years old, and 89% are under 30. Half of them were between 6 and 20 in 2025.

Under 30 77,923
88.8%
30 to 59 8,986
10.2%
60 and over 815
0.9%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Quinn first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 2016, to 4,698 babies. In 2025, 3,297 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.

Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Quinn never made the top 10 girls' names. Its best rank was #73, in 2022, and it was in the top 100 for 11 years, 2015 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #97. Among boys, its best rank was #259, in 2009.

GirlsBoys
Rank in 2025#97#467
Best rank#73 (2022)#259 (2009)
Years in the top 10011 (2015 to 2025)None
Rank in its biggest decade#115 in the 2010s#290 in the 2000s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Quinn alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Quinn were born in California than in any other state: about 8,605 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Quinn was given 3.1 times as often in Vermont, 2.5 times in Montana and 2.4 times in North Dakota.

California 8,605
New York 5,054
Pennsylvania 4,885
Illinois 4,615
Ohio 4,330
Texas 4,103
Michigan 3,376
Minnesota 2,843
Washington 2,835
Massachusetts 2,770
Florida 2,735
Wisconsin 2,604
Colorado 2,378
New Jersey 2,351
Indiana 2,146
Virginia 1,945
North Carolina 1,877
Utah 1,849
Missouri 1,829
Arizona 1,659
Maryland 1,596
Oregon 1,517
Iowa 1,418
Connecticut 1,230
Georgia 1,218
Kansas 989
Louisiana 812
Nebraska 796
Tennessee 788
Nevada 628
New Hampshire 585
Oklahoma 556
South Carolina 549
Kentucky 542
Idaho 538
Maine 527
Montana 447
North Dakota 427
South Dakota 409
District of Columbia 331
Rhode Island 298
Arkansas 258
Vermont 257
New Mexico 248
Hawaii 237
Alabama 218
Delaware 200
Alaska 195
West Virginia 193
Mississippi 73
Wyoming 72

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