Quinn

What Quinn means

Means “descendant of Chief”

The surname is borrowed from Irish Ó Coinn (“descendant of Chief”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Quinn” (revision 94542816), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Quinn?

US: Steady: #97 in 2015, #97 now. England & Wales: Rising: up from #421 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2017, when 3,597 girls got the name (#76 that year). First in the US records in 1948.

How common

• About 1 in 610 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,447 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 338 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (11.1 per 1,000 girls), VT (9.24 per 1,000 girls), MT (5.66 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Quinn is #97 in the US and #263 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 79.9% of US babies named Quinn were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Queen83 US · 7 E&W
• Quin14 US
• Quynn8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Quinn

Girls

• Sawyer#290“one who saws”^*
• Kinsley#93“Royal (a man's name) + s + woodland clearing”^*
• Harper#16From a surname for “a player of the harp”^*
• Hadley#121“heath + woodland clearing”^*
• Kensley#741Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1987, with 8 babies
• Emery#74Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #74 vs #1,197 in 2025

For a brother

• Grayson#51“steward”^*
• Greyson#149Variant of Grayson, meaning “steward”^*
• Emmett#121Diminutive of Emma, meaning “entire”^*
• Flynn#827Editor’s note Down from #695 in 2015 to #827 in 2025 in the US
• Easton#110“east + settlement”^*
• Jensen#282Editor’s note Up from #395 in 2015 to #282 in 2025 in the US

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Quinn’s. Rank is US 2025.