Meaning and history
From an English surname derived via the place name Cuinchy from the personal name Quintus, Quincy is a name associated with several notable bearers, including John Quincy Adams (1767–1848), the sixth president of the United States, who was born in Quincy, Massachusetts, a town named for his maternal great-grandfather John Quincy (1689–1767), and the American musician Quincy Jones (1933–2024).
Quincy rose from #692 to #654 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1977, with 716 births.