Quincy
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
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 for boys#654 US
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.
Quincy for girls#815 US
Quincy is a Presidential surname name that actually sounds both cute and strong when used for a girl. For the first time ever, Quincy joined the Top 1000 roster for girls in 2023, given to over 250 baby girls that year.
The popularity of Quinn may have inspired the rise of Quincy for girls, but the two names have different roots. Quinn is an Irish surname while Quincy is one of several names drawn from the Latin word for the number five.
Pronounced KWIN-see.
As of October 2026, Quincy ranked #654 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #273 in 1977, Nameberry popularity #303.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #624 | 423 | #1,477 | 152 |
| 2015 | #600 | 457 | #1,531 | 147 |
| 2016 | #582 | 476 | #1,411 | 165 |
| 2017 | #606 | 435 | #1,377 | 168 |
| 2018 | #621 | 432 | #1,266 | 183 |
| 2019 | #590 | 469 | #1,253 | 186 |
| 2020 | #605 | 452 | #1,195 | 194 |
| 2021 | #633 | 437 | #1,115 | 222 |
| 2022 | #664 | 411 | #1,148 | 212 |
| 2023 | #672 | 404 | #980 | 263 |
| 2024 | #689 | 392 | #958 | 272 |
| 2025 | #654 | 422 | #815 | 335 |
World rankings
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- Quincy Cortez MillerBoy
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- Quincy Obinna AmarikwaBoy
American soccer player
- Quincy McDuffieBoy
American NFL player
- Quincy James OwusuBoy
Abeyie, Ghanaian footballer
- John Quincy AdamsBoy
6th President of the U.S.
- Quincy BrownBoy
American actor, son of singer Al B. Sure!; stepson of rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs
- Quincy JohnsonBoy
son of actor Rodney Van Johnson
- Quincy Carter (b. 2007)Boy
son of NFL player Andre Carter
- Quincy Morgan (b. 2013)Boy
son of actress Kim Fields and Christopher Morgan
- Spurgeon Elliot "Quincy" SeewaldBoy
son of reality TV personalities Jessa Duggar and Ben Seewald
- Quincy Matthew HanleyBoy
the rapper known as ScHoolboy Q
- Matthew Quincy DaddarioBoy
American Actor
- Quincy PromesBoy
Dutch footballer
- Quincy FarrowGirl
previously know as Kaeli,Shae, daughter of Mia Farrow
Quincy in pop culture
- Quincy MorrisBoy
a cowboy from Texas in Bram Stoker's "Dracula"
- Quincy QuincyBoy
narrator in "Confessions of a Spent Youth" by Vance Bourjaily
- "Quincy M.E.Boy
" TV series
- QuincyBoy
character on animated series "Little Einsteins"
- QuincyBoy
race in anime/manga "Bleach"
- Quincy McCallBoy
character from the movie "Love & Basketball"
- Quincy QuackBoy
character in the World of Webkinz
- Quincy SweetGirl
character in book Hound Dog True by Linda Urban
- QuincyGirl
a race of human mediums in the manga/anime Bleach.