Given name & surname
Quincy
“the fifth-born child”
Quincy is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “the fifth-born child” (English) and “the fifth-born child; from the fifth son's estate” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “the fifth-born child” (English) and “the fifth-born child; from the fifth son's estate” (English). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
It entered given-name use through an existing surname.
The story
Its naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Quincy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 33,207
- 27,773 boys · 5,434 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 757 babies
- 2025
- 757
- #654 for boys · #815 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +7%
- Steady
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 66% boys.
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 422 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 654 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 8.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 716 in 1977. It also appeared in 335 birth records for girls in 2025. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (45). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 22,587 as a first name in 2020; 852 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Quincy’s family of names
In English usage, Quincy developed from the Latin form Quintus. Quincy has a related form in Quincey. Quincy has a related form in Quince.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 18
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Quincy
- Quincy JonesAmerican record producer and composer (1933–2024)
- Quincy PromesDutch association football player (born 1992)
- Quincy HallAmerican athleteborn 1998
- Quincy Owusu-AbeyieGhanaian footballerborn 1986
- Quincy WattsAthletics competitor, sprinter, 400 metres runnerborn 1970
- Quincy AcyAmerican basketball player (born 1990)
- Quincy PondexterAmerican basketball player (born 1988)
- Quincy MillerAmerican basketball player (born 1992)
- Quincy WilsonAmerican athleteborn 2008
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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