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Unisex — 43% boys#537 of girl names

Quinn

Pronounced K W IH1 N (ARPABET)

  • 1 syllable
  • Peaked 2016
  • 77 years in use
  • 1 spelling
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How popular is Quinn?

Quinn is a name given to both boys and girls, and first appears in 1948. It has been given to 88,424 children — the 537th most common girls' name on record.

It is climbing hard: roughly twice as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2016, when 3,670 children were given it.

Quin is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.

Roughly 43% of children named Quinn are boys, so the split is a real one rather than a rounding error.

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2016Girls: 3,670Boys: 1,084

Spelling variants

These spellings sound identical to Quinn and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

  • Quin

Characteristics

  • 1 syllable
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
K W IH1 N
Stress pattern:
1
Syllables:
1

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Quinn

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Quinn

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Quinn?
Quinn ranks 537th among girls' names in US records, with 88,424 births since 1948. Over the past decade it accounts for 32,080.
Is Quinn a unisex name?
Yes. About 43% of children given the name are boys, which is a genuine split rather than a rounding error.
When was Quinn most popular?
2016, when 3,670 children were given the name. It has been in use for 77 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Quinn spelled?
Quin. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.