Head to head · Girls' names
Georgia vs Quinn
#99 vs #97 in 2025
Quinn is a whisker ahead (#97 vs #99 in 2025), but the curves point different ways: Quinn is stepping back from its peak, Georgia is back after a long quiet spell. On momentum, Georgia has the edge.
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Which one would you pick?
Your gut first, the numbers after — the split shows once you pick.
The tale of the tape
The tape is even: Georgia and Quinn each lead 3 measures of 6.
Ranks, counts and years are measured in the official US birth record; the classroom and living figures are estimates computed from it. The dot marks the side each measure favours on the charts — more common, not better.
What the records say
146 years of US births, drawn on one scale
Two curves, one scale
Who owned which decade
- 1880s: Georgia #86, Quinn — — Georgia higher
- 1890s: Georgia #93, Quinn — — Georgia higher
- 1900s: Georgia #93, Quinn — — Georgia higher
- 1910s: Georgia #103, Quinn — — Georgia higher
- 1920s: Georgia #115, Quinn — — Georgia higher
- 1930s: Georgia #126, Quinn — — Georgia higher
- 1940s: Georgia #126, Quinn #5243 — Georgia higher
- 1950s: Georgia #209, Quinn #6086 — Georgia higher
- 1960s: Georgia #333, Quinn #3510 — Georgia higher
- 1970s: Georgia #486, Quinn #3572 — Georgia higher
- 1980s: Georgia #644, Quinn #1400 — Georgia higher
- 1990s: Georgia #574, Quinn #1123 — Georgia higher
- 2000s: Georgia #338, Quinn #643 — Georgia higher
- 2010s: Georgia #254, Quinn #126 — Quinn higher
- 2020s: Georgia #141, Quinn #86 — Quinn higher
Georgia stood higher in 13 of 15 decades; Quinn has held the lead since the 2010s.
Rank by decade
| Decade | Georgia | Quinn |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | #86 | — |
| 1890s | #93 | — |
| 1900s | #93 | — |
| 1910s | #103 | — |
| 1920s | #115 | — |
| 1930s | #126 | — |
| 1940s | #126 | #5243 |
| 1950s | #209 | #6086 |
| 1960s | #333 | #3510 |
| 1970s | #486 | #3572 |
| 1980s | #644 | #1400 |
| 1990s | #574 | #1123 |
| 2000s | #338 | #643 |
| 2010s | #254 | #126 |
| 2020s | #141 | #86 |
Average national rank across each decade. A dash means the name sat outside the recorded top of that decade.
Around the world
Georgia
- Scotland#39
- Canada#45
Quinn
- Canada#77
- Scotland#79
National statistics offices, latest published year.
The names themselves
Meaning, roots, sound and the people who carried each
Where each name comes from
Georgia
farmer
The Greek name behind it joins the words for earth and work, and the reading is settled. The state is named after a British king and the country is not named after either.
Georgios → Georgia
How it traveled
Georgia O'Keeffe painted flowers very large, on the straightforward logic that nobody looks at a small one, and critics decided almost immediately that the paintings were about female anatomy. The reading was proposed by her husband, who was promoting her work, and it stuck for the rest of the century.
Quinn
Descendant of Conn — a name read as either "chief" or "sense, counsel"
Quinn is the anglicized form of the Irish Ó Cuinn, "descendant of Conn". What Conn itself meant is where scholars part ways: one reading takes it from Old Irish conn, "chief, head"; another from a word for sense, reason or counsel. Both readings are long-standing and neither has driven the other out.
Conn → Ó Cuinn → Quinn
How it traveled
Ó Cuinn was a surname of several distinct Irish families, notably in Tyrone, Longford and Clare, and it was anglicized to Quinn and Quin as English administration reshaped Irish names. The Conn behind it is an old and honored Irish name — Conn Cétchathach, Conn of the Hundred Battles, is a High King in early Irish legend and tradition.
Where a reading is contested the note says so — this page does not turn a guess into a fact. The chain is each name's recorded forms, oldest first; the story is its opening, told in full on the name's own page.
Out loud, and in short
Georgia
JOR-juh
Three syllables on paper and two or three in speech depending on the speaker. The Italian form is said JOR-jah.
- Georgie — The affectionate form; works for a child of either sex.
- Gia — Built from the back of the name; a name in its own right.
Quinn
KWIN
One syllable, rhyming with "win". The same in Ireland, Britain, Canada and the US — there is no second pronunciation to correct.
- Q — Informal, mostly spoken rather than written; common with any Q name.
- Quinny — Family and playground use; tends to fall away in the teenage years.
- Quinnie — Affectionate, used within families more than outside them.
Who has carried each name
Georgia
Georgia O'Keeffe (b. 1887) — Painter of monumental flowers, the "Mother of American Modernism"
Quinn
No documented entry for Quinn yet.
Source: Wikidata — the one source on this page that is not an official agency.
Is it right for you
The differences that decide it, laid out by what you want
Choose by what you want
Choose Georgia if you want…
- a name on the way upup 78 places on the charts in five years
- a name with more sound in itGeorgia runs 2 syllables, Quinn 1
- a long American recordGeorgia was already in use when US records began in 1880
- a name that ages quietlyan estimated 30% chance of feeling dated by 2040, against 70% for Quinn
Choose Quinn if you want…
- a name past its most crowded yearsQuinn is stepping back from its peak
- a name with fewer syllablesQuinn is 1 syllable to Georgia's 2
- a newer arrivalQuinn entered the US charts in 1948
- a name that feels very nowQuinn is stepping back from its peak
Each line is a measured difference between the two names — a rank, a count, a recorded form — never a judgement of either. Save the one that answers your question; it lands on your shortlist.
The trade-offs, name by name
Georgia
Strengths
- The meaning is settled and can be given in one word.
- It works in English, Italian and Greek households with only a shift of vowel.
- Georgie and Gia are both available as short forms and are very different in register.
To consider
- It is the name of an American state and of a country, so it carries two strong geographical associations at once.
- This spelling goes overwhelmingly to girls but is recorded for boys as well, so a form will occasionally guess wrong.
- A very famous song owns the name for a certain generation of listeners.
Quinn
Strengths
- One syllable and phonetic: people who hear it can spell it, and people who read it can say it.
- Works unchanged across the English-speaking world — it also charts in Canada and Scotland, and it is instantly recognizable in Ireland.
- Traceable to a real Irish surname with centuries of records behind it, rather than a recent coinage.
To consider
- In the US this spelling now goes mostly to girls, with a steady minority of boys. A boy named Quinn will not be unusual, but he may meet more girls with his name than boys — worth knowing rather than worrying about.
- Quinn is one of the most common Irish surnames in America, so it can read as a last name first, particularly on forms and rosters. Families with an Irish surname of their own may find the combination sounds like two surnames.
- It reaches children by two roads: the Irish surname, and as a short form of Quinton, Quintin or Quinlan. Some people will assume the longer name is hiding somewhere and ask for it.
Documented properties of each name — how it spells, travels and shortens — not opinions about the child.
How each is likely to age
Georgia
30%chance Georgia feels dated by 2040
Georgia is on its second act. Revived names age gently: the generation that wore them first is far enough away that the name feels classic rather than dated.
Quinn
70%chance Quinn feels dated by 2040
Quinn is coming down from a big peak (#73 in 2022). This is the stretch of the cycle where a name starts to sound like the decade it ruled.
A reading of where each name sits on the long naming cycle — computed, not measured, and explained on the data page.
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Georgia or Quinn — the short answers
- Which is more popular, Georgia or Quinn?
- Quinn, in 2025: Quinn ranked #97 with 2,634 babies; Georgia ranked #99 with 2,619 babies.
- Which name is rising faster, Georgia or Quinn?
- Georgia. Over the last five years Georgia moved up 78 places; Quinn moved down 13 places.
- Which is the older name, Georgia or Quinn?
- Georgia was already in use when US records began in 1880; Quinn entered the US charts in 1948. On the American record, Georgia is the older name.
- How many people are named Georgia and Quinn?
- About 85,000 people named Georgia are estimated to be alive in the US today. About 52,000 people named Quinn are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- Will there be other Georgias or Quinns in the classroom?
- Georgia will almost certainly be the only one in school. Quinn will almost certainly be the only one in school.
US figures from the Social Security Administration, 1880–2025; international figures from national statistics agencies. Votes are battle voters on this site, not the birth record. Data & methodology
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