first name
QUINCY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 22,587 people named Quincy, 53.1% reported their origin as Black, 27.6% as White and 10% as two or more races. 84.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Quincy peaked in 2025, when 757 babies got the name.
At least 33,207 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Quincy by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #808. The largest share of babies named Quincy, 27.9%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Quincy is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Quincy has been most common in Utah (2.9×), Louisiana (2.5×), and Mississippi (2.1×), and least common in Nebraska (0.34×).
26,086 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Quincy
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Quincy, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Quincy ranks #29,518 of 156,621, with 852 people. See Quincy as a last name
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