Mostly girls · peaked in 2017
Quinn name popularity since 1925
89,376 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Quinn (58.7% girls, 41.3% boys). Half of them were born in 2014 or earlier, so the typical Quinn is about 12 years old in 2026. Quinn peaked in 2017 as the #76 name for girls, and it ranked #97 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 89,376
- Named Quinn, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #97
- for girls in 2025 (2,634 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 58.7% girls
- 52,503 girls · 36,873 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.61× its national share
Peak year is the year Quinn made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Quinn births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2016. Measured as a share of all babies, Quinn peaked in 2017.
- Steepest fall: Between 1979 and 1984, Quinn's share of baby girls fell by 34%, from 1 in 11,000 to 1 in 16,700.
- Fastest rise: Between 2008 and 2013, it became 4.8× more common, from 1 in 3,160 baby girls to 1 in 661.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Quinn's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Quinn.
Decade by decade
Babies named Quinn in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 50 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 108 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 5 | 145 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 5 | 347 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 163 | 999 | #3,124 |
| 1970s | 326 | 1,547 | #4,084 |
| 1980s | 945 | 2,260 | #1,532 |
| 1990s | 1,821 | 6,580 | #943 |
| 2000s | 4,439 | 11,092 | #682 |
| 2010s | 27,227 | 9,636 | #97 |
| 2020–25 | 17,572 | 4,109 | #97 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
56.1% of babies named Quinn from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Quinn is most popular
The index compares Quinn's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Quinn.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.61× | 1,889 |
| Colorado | 2.30× | 2,405 |
| New Hampshire | 2.21× | 591 |
| Nevada | 2.09× | 634 |
| Washington | 2.02× | 2,875 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Quinn's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Quinn.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Quinn (2017).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data