Quin-see; Quin-zee
Quincy
Top 1000
About Quincy
Quirky in the way that all Q names are quirky, Quincy was once a buttoned-up, patrician New England name, an image countered in recent years by the talented and ultracool musician Quincy Jones (middle name: Delight; nickname: Q).
Quincy's high point of popularity was in 1977, when it reached Number 273, but it still has a lot of energy--and not only for a fifth son. It's one of those golden names that, for boys, ranks steadily in the lower half of the Top 1000, getting neither too popular nor too unusual. The number of girls named Quincy is rising, but there are still two baby boys named Quincy for every girl.
It is the middle name of John Quincy Adams, the sixth U.S. President, who was named for his mother's maternal grandfather, Colonel John Quincy, after whom Quincy, Massachusetts, is named. Another association is the long-running TV show Quincy M.E.. Interesting fact: John Quincy Adams pronounced his name Quin-zee.
Pronounced Quin-see; Quin-zee.
As of October 2026, Quincy ranked #654 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #273 in 1977, Nameberry popularity #257.
Editor's take: The name Quincy is a boy's name of French origin meaning "estate of the fifth son".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #624 | 423 | 220.2 |
| 2015 | #600 | 457 | 238.4 |
| 2016 | #582 | 476 | 250.8 |
| 2017 | #606 | 435 | 235 |
| 2018 | #621 | 432 | 237.9 |
| 2019 | #590 | 469 | 261.4 |
| 2020 | #605 | 452 | 261.9 |
| 2021 | #633 | 437 | 249.8 |
| 2022 | #664 | 411 | 235.4 |
| 2023 | #672 | 404 | 236.2 |
| 2024 | #689 | 392 | 227.5 |
| 2025 | #654 | 422 | 247.1 |
World rankings
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Famous Quincys
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American basketball player
- Quincy Delight Jones
American record producer and musician
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American basketball player
- Quincy Coe Pondexter
American basketball player
- Quincy Obinna Amarikwa
American soccer player
- Quincy McDuffie
American NFL player
- Quincy James Owusu
Abeyie, Ghanaian footballer
- John Quincy Adams
6th President of the U.S.
- Quincy Brown
American actor, son of singer Al B. Sure!; stepson of rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs
- Quincy Johnson
son of actor Rodney Van Johnson
- Quincy Carter (b. 2007)
son of NFL player Andre Carter
- Quincy Morgan (b. 2013)
son of actress Kim Fields and Christopher Morgan
- Spurgeon Elliot "Quincy" Seewald
son of reality TV personalities Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald
- Quincy Matthew Hanley
the rapper known as ScHoolboy Q
- Matthew Quincy Daddario
American Actor
- Quincy Promes
Dutch footballer
Quincy in pop culture
- Quincy Morris
a cowboy from Texas in Bram Stoker's "Dracula"
- Quincy Quincy
narrator in "Confessions of a Spent Youth" by Vance Bourjaily
- "Quincy M.E.
" TV series
- Quincy
character on animated series "Little Einsteins"
- Quincy
race in anime/manga "Bleach"
- Quincy McCall
character from the movie "Love & Basketball"
- Quincy Quack
character in the World of Webkinz