Quincy
Meaning
place name, "estate of Quintus"
The story
Quincy is a French place name, the estate of Quintus, that America wore as a president's middle name and a producer's first, and the record keeps both registers. A quiet century opened it, a few hundred a decade, then the 1970s multiplied it fivefold, about 900 becoming 4,700, the decade a beloved television medical examiner and a legendary record producer both carried it through living rooms; the record shows the timing, and timing is all a record can show. Since then it has held steady, about 6,300 in the 2000s, 5,900 in the 2010s, and 4,000 so far this decade, where the split has opened up: about 1,500 girls to 2,500 boys, a genuinely shared decade for a name that ran about 27,700 boys to 5,400 girls all-time. An estate in the root, a president in the ledger, and a beat underneath.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Quincy peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
When you meet Quincy
Most people given the name Quincy in the United States are teenagers or young adults today.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Quincy deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Quincy truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Quincy fits with your family’s names and surname.
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