girls:
4.8k births since 1892
#2444 (57th percentile)
boys:
27k births since 1880
#697 (85th percentile)
overall:
31.8k births since 1880
#1425 (82nd percentile)
The name Quincy is the #1,425 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 31,777 recorded births since 1880. This represents the 81.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 81.6% of all names). For boys, it ranks #697 (84.8% percentile) for all time with 26,952 births since 1880. For girls, it ranks #2,444 (57.2% percentile) for all time with 4,825 births since 1892.
Quincy has appeared in U.S. birth records since the beginning of our dataset in 1880 (since 1880 for boys and since 1892 for girls). Birth data for Quincy is available in 141 out of the 144 years between 1880 and 2023 (141 years for boys and 111 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 Quincy has been given predominantly to boys, with 84.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 60.4% of babies named Quincy were boys.
For boys, Quincy reached its peak popularity in 1977, achieving the 61.5% percentile (ranked #260) with 419 births per million. The name was most common in 1977, with 419 births per million (ranked 61.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Quincy ranks #551 for boys (39.6% percentile) with 219 births per million, which is 52.3% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Quincy reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 26.9% percentile (ranked #693) with 150 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 150 births per million (ranked 26.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2001, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Quincy is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #693 (26.9% percentile) with 150 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Quincy".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Quincy. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 66.7% confident that Quincy is pronounced as KWIHN-see, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is KWIHN-zee, at 33.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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