Quin
Feminine · “Irish "descendant of Conn”
Quin is given to both — 586 girls and 1,698 boys since 1880. See Quin as a boy nameSee other names given to both
Most unisex names are moving, not stable — they pass through a brief shared period and end up with one sex. Quinn is one of the rare exceptions: it has been used substantially for both boys and girls for over a decade without settling, which almost never happens.
How old is the name Quin?
Quin first appears in US birth records in 1967 — 58 years ago. The typical Quin alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 600 people named Quin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Quin most popular?
Quin peaked in 2017, reaching #4304 nationally. Today it ranks #7491, 3,187 places below that high. See the whole 2017 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Ó Cuinn to Quin
The story of Quin
The usual life of a unisex name is short. A boys' name or surname is given to a few girls, the female share grows, boys' families abandon it, and within about twenty years it is a girls' name — Ashley, Leslie, Shannon, Kelly, Aubrey and Avery all followed that path. The reverse is very rare. Quinn has resisted the pattern: it entered use for both sexes in the 1990s, and both curves have stayed substantial into the 2020s. Why some names hold and others tip is not well understood, though short, consonant-final surnames appear to hold better than soft vowel-final ones. Quin with one n is the minority spelling and peaks in 2017.
Meaning
Irish "descendant of Conn" — chief or counsel
From Ó Cuinn, a descendant of Conn, from Old Irish conn, generally read as sense, reason or chief. Conn Cétchathach, Conn of the Hundred Battles, is a legendary high king. Quinn is the anglicized surname, and Quin with one n is a spelling variant of it. The name is unrelated to Latin quintus, fifth, which lies behind Quentin and Quintus.
How the name formed
- Ó Cuinn
- Quinn
- Quin
Related forms: Quinn · Ó Cuinn
Pronouncing Quin
kwin
One syllable, rhyming with win. The single-n and double-n spellings are pronounced identically; English does not lengthen a vowel before a doubled final consonant here.
Nicknames for Quin
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1967
- Most girls named
- 201733 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4304reached in 2017
- Change vs 2024
- −6.7%14 in 2025, from 15
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Quin in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Quinn in English — spelling variant
- Ó Cuinn in Irish — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Quins among us
people named Quin are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 114,805 born in 2025 was named Quin
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Quin
- #7491
- Quin on the 2025 chart
- #111
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Quin went to 14 girls in 2025, but Quinn is the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 2,662, which makes it the 111th most-given girls’ name of the year — 7,380 places above the chart.
- Quinn2,634
- Quin14
and 2 rarer spellings.
About 1 girl in 604 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 114,805 for Quin itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Kamrie test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Quin's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Kamrie climbed just as high around 1996, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Kamrie's path sketches the road Quin is walking now.
Quin sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Quin beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Quin in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- One syllable and four letters, impossible to mispronounce.
- The Irish surname behind it has a settled meaning and a legendary bearer.
- The initial Q is rare and makes it immediately distinctive.
- Quinn with two n letters is the standard spelling and will be substituted.
- The name does not signal sex, which some families want and others do not.
- Q names are frequently mistyped on forms.
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Frequently asked
- How many Quins are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Quin are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Quin?
- Quin is one of 2 recorded spellings. Quinn is the more common one — 2,634 births in 2025 against 14 for Quin.
- How popular is the name Quin in 2025?
- Quin ranks #7491 among US girl names in 2025, with 14 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Quin?
- About 1 in every 114,805 US girls born in 2025 was named Quin — 14 in all.
- Will my child share the name Quin with classmates?
- Quin will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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