girls:
722 births since 1968
#4994 (13th percentile)
boys:
1.9k births since 1913
#2885 (37th percentile)
overall:
2.6k births since 1913
#5254 (32nd percentile)
The name Quincey is the #5,254 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,601 recorded births since 1913. This represents the 32.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 32.1% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,885 (37.1% percentile) for all time with 1,879 births since 1913. For girls, it ranks #4,994 (12.6% percentile) for all time with 722 births since 1968.
Quincey first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1913 (1913 for boys and 1968 for girls). Birth data for Quincey is available in 80 out of the 111 years between 1913 and 2023 (80 years for boys and 39 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Quincey has been given predominantly to boys, with 72.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 44.9% of babies named Quincey were boys.
For boys, Quincey reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 6.4% percentile (ranked #614) with 29 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 29 births per million (ranked 6.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2021, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Quincey ranks #894 for boys (1.9% percentile) with 12 births per million, which is 41.7% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Quincey reached its peak popularity in 2015, achieving the 2.6% percentile (ranked #935) with 15 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 15 births per million (ranked 2.3% percentile). Despite a peak around 2019, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Quincey is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #925 (2.3% percentile) with 15 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Quincey".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Quincey. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.4% confident that Quincey is pronounced as KWIHN-see, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KWIHN-zee, at 14.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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