Quinn
2025 SSA
2025 SSA
About Quinn
Quinn is one of the most popular Irish unisex surnames out there, a strong and attractive choice on the rise for girls but still popular for boys. A recent year saw it used for nearly 2690 girls along with 615 boys in the US, meaning its split 80:20 across the sexes.
Quinn for girls#97 US
Not to be confused with Quincey, Quint, or Quinton, which related to the number five, Quinn is the Anglicized version of the Irish patronymic surname Ó Cuinn, meaning "descendent of Conn." Conn has two possible derivations—the Old Irish cond, meaning "intellect," or cenn, meaning "chief." One of the most notable Quinn clans was from County Tyrone in Northern Ireland.
Quinn started taking off for girls in the mid-90s, possibly influenced by the popular show Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. Since then, there have been female Quinns on the animated MTV show Daria, on Zoey 101, and — most prominently — on Glee, featuring cute blond cheerleader character Quinn Fabray.
Some other, more unusual names with the Q-factor: Quincy, Quintina, Quintana, Quinta, Quilla — and, on a different note, Queenie.
While Quinn leans feminine in the US, Scotland, and Canada, it is far more neutral in England and Wales (split 60:40 towards girls), while in the Netherlands, it is used for boys 85% of the time.
Quinn for boys#467 US
Quinn is an engaging Celtic surname, zippy, concise and strong. While it may now lean feminine in the US, given to girls about 80% of the time, it is still given to a substantial number of boys: 615 in a recent count.
Unrelated to the Latin word for five, Quinn is derived from the Irish surname Ó Cuinn, meaning "descendent of Conn". As such, it may come from the Old Irish cond, meaning "intellect," or cenn, meaning "chief."
Pop culture was an important influence on Quinn's popularity for both genders. Quinn started leaning decidedly toward the feminine thanks to a female cheerleader character on the television show Glee, but for boys, Quinn's popularity was influenced by "The Mighty Quinn," the name of a movie, a band, and a Bob Dylan song.
Sharon Stone has a son named Quinn, while other ideas for boyish names like Quinn are Quinton, Quincy, Finn.
In the US, Quinn ranked in the Top 100 for girls in a recent year, but just within the Top 500 for boys; similarly, it leaned feminine in Canada and Scotland. In England and Wales, however, it was more neutral, split 60:40 towards girls, while in the Netherlands, it was a predominantly masculine choice, given to boys 85% of the time.
Pronounced KWIN.
As of October 2026, Quinn ranked #97 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #73 in 2022, Nameberry popularity #20.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #126 | 2,554 | #363 | 878 |
| 2015 | #97 | 3,095 | #354 | 949 |
| 2016 | #79 | 3,648 | #330 | 1,049 |
| 2017 | #76 | 3,597 | #363 | 907 |
| 2018 | #85 | 3,388 | #384 | 836 |
| 2019 | #83 | 3,208 | #400 | 780 |
| 2020 | #84 | 3,078 | #439 | 676 |
| 2021 | #81 | 3,201 | #406 | 765 |
| 2022 | #73 | 3,102 | #445 | 700 |
| 2023 | #86 | 2,853 | #452 | 686 |
| 2024 | #96 | 2,689 | #497 | 615 |
| 2025 | #97 | 2,634 | #467 | 663 |
World rankings
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Quinn on lists
Famous Quinns
- Quinn Louise CummingsGirl
American actress
- Quinn NortonGirl
American journalist, photographer and blogger
- Quinn ShephardGirl
American actress
- Quinn Kay CulkinGirl
sister of American actor Macaulay Culkin
- Quinn Patricia BiggioGirl
daughter of baseball player Craig Biggio
- Quinn Elsa Darby (b. 2005)Girl
daughter of footballer Steve Darby
- (Frances) Quinn Hunter (b. 2008)Girl
daughter of politician John Edwards and Rielle Hunter
- Quinn Ann Kenney (b. 2010)Girl
daughter of pro wrestler Simon Diamond
- Quinn Elle Bradley (b. 2014)Girl
daughter of soccer player Michael Bradley
- Quinn Palmer Every (b. 2014)Girl
daughter of golfer Matt Every
- Quinn Murphy (b. 2015)Girl
daughter of baseball player Daniel Murphy
- Quinn Lily WolfeldGirl
Gosk (b. 2015), daughter of TV journalists Jenna Wolfe and Stephanie Gosk
- Quinn Sophie Arnold (b. 2015)Girl
daughter of actor Tom Arnold
- Quinn AllmanBoy
American guitarist of band The Used
- (William) Quinn BucknerBoy
American basketball player
- Quinn CarpenterBoy
American ice dancer
- Quinn OjinnakaBoy
American NFL football player
- Quinn Marcus JohnsonBoy
American NFL football player
- Quinn Martin (born Irwin Martin Cohn)Boy
American TV producer
- Quinn DilleyBoy
one of the first set of surviving sextuplets in the U.S.
- Quinn RouxBoy
South African rugby union player
- Quinn Kelly Stone (adopted 2006)Boy
son of actress Sharon Stone
- Quinn WilsonBoy
son of actress Irene Bedard and Deni Wilson
- Quinn HawkinsBoy
son of actress Patricia Quinn and Don Hawkins
- Quinn Edgar HarrisonBoy
son of actors Randi Oakes and Gregory Harrison
- Quinn Topper Marcus (b. 2007)Boy
son of actors Kipp Marcus and Alice Dylan
Quinn in pop culture
- (Lucy) Quinn FabrayGirl
character on Fox's "Glee"
- Quinn Alexandra James EvansGirl
character on The CW's "One Tree Hill"
- Quinn PenskyGirl
character on Nickelodeon's "Zoey 101"
- Quinn MorgendorfferGirl
sister of Daria on MTV's "Daria"
- Quinn GarveyGirl
minor character on "How I Met Your Mother"
- Quinn FullerGirl
character on CBS' "The Bold and the Beautiful"
- Quinn PerkinsGirl
character on ABC's "Scandal"
- QuinnGirl
orphan character in the movie "Santa Paws"
- Harley QuinnGirl
character in the Batman series
- Quinn GiatherBoy
character in Michael Grant's "Gone" series
- Quinn AbercrombyBoy
main character in film "Reign of Fire"
- (Peter) QuinnBoy
character on TV's "Homeland"
- Quinn R. MalloryBoy
character on TV's "Sliders"
- Tarquin "Quinn" BlackwoodBoy
character in The Vampire Chronicles by Anne Rice
- Quinn the EskimoBoy
mentioned in "The Mighty Quinn," song by Bob Dylan
- Mayor Quinn MaddoxBoy
a character on MTV's "Scream," also Brooke Maddox's father
- QuinnBoy
character in JR Ward's Blackdagger Brotherhood vampire book series