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Quincy
Pronounced /ˈkwɪnsi/
Rank in 2024
#687
Born in 2024
392
Peak year
1977 · #273
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:272 in 2024 (#957)
1880 to 2024
SteadyIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 392 boys were named Quincy, about 1 in every 4,376.
- It peaked in 1977 with 716 babies, ranked #273.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 27,349 boys have been named Quincy since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Quincy per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- 0.2Millennials1981–96
- 0.2Gen Z1997–12
- 0.2Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 788 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 692 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,125 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen X: 5,415 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Millennials: 6,189 babies, 0.20 per 1,000. Gen Z: 7,764 babies, 0.25 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 5,209 babies, 0.24 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
A Norman surname of Old French origin, from a place name Quincy or Quincey in France, ultimately from Latin Quintus (“fifth [born]”). Use in reference to toilets derives from President John Quincy Adams, who was the first to have one installed at the White House.
- (US) A male given name transferred from the surname.
- A female given name.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈkwɪnsi/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Quincy, CC BY-SA 4.0.