The name Quinn is of Irish origin, and means descendent of Cuinn.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Quinn has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Quinn
Use of the Name Quinn for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
16,293
16,293
13,697
8,973
4,871
2,085
1,017
The table below indicates the number of times the name Quinn has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
Quinn first appeared in the top thousand boy or girl names during 1957, which is the first year shown on the table.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Quinn
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1957
999
58
1958
1959
1960
920
68
1961
943
66
1962
937
66
1963
764
101
1964
710
119
1965
729
105
1966
707
110
1967
644
135
1968
704
115
1969
728
115
1970
644
160
1971
691
144
1972
736
116
1973
685
136
1974
635
161
1975
667
152
1976
696
142
1977
702
147
1978
654
164
1979
582
216
981
146
1980
584
217
1981
624
188
1982
629
189
1983
649
173
1984
643
179
1985
675
173
1986
573
241
1987
555
270
1988
567
267
1989
502
363
1990
518
362
1991
452
475
1992
450
487
1993
420
550
1994
392
590
1995
386
603
941
200
1996
332
790
982
194
1997
301
906
959
206
1998
330
814
764
282
1999
291
989
680
334
2000
311
936
768
297
2001
305
936
774
306
2002
311
914
726
335
2003
289
1,068
670
393
2004
306
1,017
680
398
Totals:
16,293
3,091
During the last 125 years, parents have used Quinn as a boy's name about 84% of the time and less frequently (about 15% of the time) as a girl's name.
Cumulative counts and total counts shown on the above tables are somewhat lower than actual counts because the name Quinn appears in the top 1,000 boy names only 46 times during the last 125 years.