Name profile

Quincy

From an English surname that was derived from the personal name Quintus.

Usage languagesDutch, English, multiple languages
US rank (2025)#652

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).

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 530 births, rank #488
2007: 537 births, rank #493
2008: 529 births, rank #515
2009: 515 births, rank #527
2010: 485 births, rank #533
20112011: 414 births, rank #598
2012: 386 births, rank #630
2013: 421 births, rank #603
2014: 423 births, rank #623
2015: 458 births, rank #598
20162016: 476 births, rank #581
2017: 435 births, rank #606
2018: 432 births, rank #620
2019: 469 births, rank #590
2020: 452 births, rank #605
20212021: 437 births, rank #632
2022: 411 births, rank #664
2023: 404 births, rank #672
2024: 393 births, rank #691
20252025: 422 births, rank #652

Quincy rose from #692 to #654 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 1977, with 716 births.