Meaning and history
From the Irish surname Quinn, an Anglicized form of Irish Gaelic Ó Cuinn, derived from the given name Conn, this name was used more often for boys in the United States until 2010, the year after the female character Quinn Fabray began appearing on the television series Glee.
20062006: 546 births, rank #543
2007: 523 births, rank #576
2008: 599 births, rank #515
2009: 630 births, rank #488
2010: 1,279 births, rank #254
20112011: 1,692 births, rank #187
2012: 2,110 births, rank #153
2013: 2,653 births, rank #119
2014: 2,554 births, rank #126
2015: 3,095 births, rank #97
20162016: 3,649 births, rank #79
2017: 3,597 births, rank #76
2018: 3,390 births, rank #85
2019: 3,208 births, rank #83
2020: 3,078 births, rank #84
20212021: 3,201 births, rank #81
2022: 3,103 births, rank #73
2023: 2,856 births, rank #86
2024: 2,700 births, rank #96
20252025: 2,634 births, rank #97
Quinn has risen sharply in the modern US rankings, moving from #770 in 2000 to #97 in 2025. It now stands at #97 for girls. Its highest annual birth count came in 2016, with 3,649 births.