Quincy
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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.
How popular is Quincy around the world?
In the United States, 4,018 babies were named Quincy between 2020 and 2025.
Quincy is on the official records of the United States, Canada, South Australia and England and Wales.
United States
1 in 5,400
In the United States, 4,018 babies were named Quincy between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Quincy peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure. In 2025 Quincy went to 335 girls and 422 boys in the US Social Security record, one of the few names given to girls and boys in nearly equal numbers. In US birth records Quincy has stayed between 618 and 6,264 births in every decade since the 1950s: a name everyone knows and few children get.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Canada
1 in 10,000
In Canada, 21 boys named Quincy were born in 2024, ranked 1,144th among boys that year.
In Canada, 14 girls named Quincy were born in 2024, ranked 1,615th among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
South Australia
1 in 18,0002017
In South Australia, 1 boy was registered as Quincy in 2017.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
England and Wales
1 in 31,000
In England and Wales, 13 boys named Quincy were born in 2025, ranked 1,897th among boys that year.
In England and Wales, 6 girls named Quincy were born in 2025, ranked 3,705th among girls that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Austria
last on record 2024
Quincy is not on the 2025 record for Austria, which publishes every first name down to a single birth, so the name was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Live births in Austria by year of birth, 1984–2025, from Statistik Austria’s first-name statistics; spellings that differ only by special characters are counted together (umlauts stay apart), every name down to a single birth is published, and the count covers babies with Austrian citizenship only until 2009, every baby from 2010, and from 2015 also births abroad to mothers living in Austria. Shares divide by Statistik Austria’s count of live births from 2010, and before that by the file’s own total for the year. Source: Statistik Austria - data.statistik.gv.at (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1, updated 2026-07-09)
Ireland
last on record 2003
Quincy is not on the 2025 record for Ireland, where names under 3 in a year are withheld at source.
The count never rose above 3 in a year, too few to chart.
Exact registered spellings from Irish vital statistics; any name under 3 in a year is withheld at source, and accented spellings (fadas) are recorded reliably only from 2018. Source: Central Statistics Office (Ireland), Irish babies' names
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Montevideo record for 1940 to 2011: that registry withholds nothing, so this spelling was not given there in those years. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
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.
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