Quincy
Masculine · “estate of Quintus”
Quincy is given to both — 27,773 boys and 5,434 girls since 1880. See Quincy as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Quincy began as a patch of ground in France, became the name of a Norman family, crossed to England and then to Massachusetts, where a colonial family made it a first name by putting it in the middle of a son's name. It has been in continuous American use ever since, spoken the same easy way: two beats, ending in that bright -see. Few names carry a village, a surname and a signature all at once.
How old is the name Quincy?
Quincy was already in use when US birth records began in 1880 — it is at least 145 years old. The typical Quincy alive today was born around 1996, making them about 29 years old. About 25,000 people named Quincy are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Quincy most popular?
Quincy peaked in 1977, reaching #273 nationally. Today it ranks #652, 379 places below that high. See the whole 1977 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Quintus to Quincy
The story of Quincy
There are several villages in France named Quincy, each from a Gallo-Roman landholder's name, and Norman families took the place name with them as a surname — de Quincy turns up among the Anglo-Norman nobility of England and Scotland in the twelfth and thirteenth centuries. The surname reached colonial New England, where the Quincys of Massachusetts gave their name to a town south of Boston and, through marriage, to the sixth president of the United States, John Quincy Adams. That presidential signature is what turned a family surname into a given name Americans recognized on sight. It has been used as a first name here for well over a century, and never stopped.
Meaning
estate of Quintus — from the Latin name Quintus, 'fifth'
The French place names Quincy come from Gallo-Roman Quintiacum, the holding of a man called Quintius or Quintus. Quintus itself was given in Roman families to a fifth child.
How the name formed
- Quintus
- Quintiacum
- de Quincy
- Quincy
Related forms: Quintus · Quentin · Quincey · Quintín · Quinto · Quincy
Pronouncing Quincy
KWIN-see
KWIN-see is the standard pronunciation of the name. The Massachusetts town is locally KWIN-zee, so the occasional person will try that reading first; one correction usually settles it.
Nicknames for Quincy
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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
- 1880
- Most boys named
- 1976586 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #273reached in 1977
- Change vs 2022
- +2.7%422 in 2025, from 411
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.
Quincy in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Quintus in Latin — related form
- Quentin in French — related form
- Quincey in English — spelling variant
- Quintín in Spanish — related form
- Quinto in Italian — related form
- Quincy in Dutch — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Quincys among us
people named Quincy are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 4,048 born in 2025 was named Quincy
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Isadore test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Quincy's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Isadore climbed just as high around 1913, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Isadore's path sketches the road Quincy is walking now.
Quincy 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
Where Quincy is headed
Quincy should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Quincy beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Quincy in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Instantly spellable for most Americans thanks to the town, the president and the -cy ending; almost no one needs it repeated twice.
- Comes with ready-made short forms — Quin, Quinn, Q — none of which had to be invented.
- Recorded for boys and girls both, so it works either way without becoming a different name.
- A long, unbroken run in American use rather than a recent arrival, and still given every year.
- One of very few Q names in general circulation, which makes it distinctive without being unfamiliar.
- It leans male in the records without settling there. A girl named Quincy will meet forms and teachers that assume a boy — manageable, but worth expecting.
- The spelling competes with Quincey, and Quinn is close enough in sound that people may default to it. Expect to confirm which one you meant.
- The name carries strong cultural associations for adults — a celebrated American musician and a long-running television series — which may come up more with older acquaintances than with classmates.
- A child with this name will likely be the only one in the school, which some children enjoy and others would rather not be.
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Masculine · #652 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Quincys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 25,000 people named Quincy are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Quincy in 2025?
- Quincy ranks #652 among US boy names in 2025, with 422 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Quincy?
- About 1 in every 4,048 US boys born in 2025 was named Quincy — 422 in all.
- Will my child share the name Quincy with classmates?
- Quincy will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Quincy
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