How popular is “Quincy” in the USA?

Number of people named “Quincy” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Quincy” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Quincy” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Quincy” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Quincy” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Quincy” by birth year

This chart shows how “Quincy” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year	Count	Proportion	Females	Males	Bias toward female
1880	8	0.000039705		8	-100%
1881	7	0.000036328		7	-100%
1882	11	0.000049654		11	-100%
1883	6	0.000027657		6	-100%
1885	10	0.000041519		10	-100%
1886	9	0.00003525		9	-100%
1887	6	0.000024253		6	-100%
1888	5	0.000016696		5	-100%
1889	10	0.000034609		10	-100%
1890	10	0.000033178		10	-100%
1891	9	0.000031395		9	-100%
1892	13	0.000038879	6	7	-8%
1894	10	0.000029526	5	5	0%
1895	11	0.000031337		11	-100%
1896	8	0.000022379		8	-100%
1897	9	0.00002594		9	-100%
1898	10	0.000026215		10	-100%
1899	10	0.000029478		10	-100%
1900	25	0.000055524	9	16	-28%
1901	5	0.000014459		5	-100%
1902	14	0.000036201	5	9	-29%
1903	13	0.000034103		13	-100%
1905	15	0.000035384		15	-100%
1906	6	0.000014004		6	-100%
1907	17	0.000036529		17	-100%
1908	9	0.000018418		9	-100%
1909	17	0.000033254		17	-100%
1910	31	0.000052479	6	25	-61%
1911	19	0.00002949		19	-100%
1912	31	0.000031375		31	-100%
1913	30	0.000026383	7	23	-53%
1914	35	0.000024712	7	28	-60%
1915	48	0.000026195	9	39	-63%
1916	45	0.000023263	8	37	-64%
1917	54	0.000026909	8	46	-70%
1918	44	0.000020266	5	39	-77%
1919	63	0.000029854	9	54	-71%
1920	52	0.000022982	8	44	-69%
1921	65	0.000027843	12	53	-63%
1922	40	0.000017474		40	-100%
1923	50	0.000021716	12	38	-52%
1924	54	0.000022674	11	43	-59%
1925	55	0.000023572	12	43	-56%
1926	50	0.000021778	12	38	-52%
1927	71	0.000030612	14	57	-61%
1928	61	0.00002698	10	51	-67%
1929	46	0.000020984	9	37	-61%
1930	35	0.000015742		35	-100%
1931	46	0.000021859	6	40	-74%
1932	54	0.000025577	13	41	-52%
1933	34	0.000017005		34	-100%
1934	53	0.00002552	7	46	-74%
1935	54	0.000025839	9	45	-67%
1936	42	0.000020216	10	32	-52%
1937	46	0.000021589	9	37	-61%
1938	43	0.000019434	6	37	-72%
1939	51	0.000023146	12	39	-53%
1940	43	0.000018674	5	38	-77%
1941	44	0.000018059	12	32	-45%
1942	44	0.000016106	7	37	-68%
1943	54	0.000019132	7	47	-74%
1944	43	0.000015985	6	37	-72%
1945	32	0.000012062	5	27	-69%
1946	51	0.000015961	8	43	-69%
1947	76	0.000021098	12	64	-68%
1948	53	0.000015351	5	48	-81%
1949	63	0.000018079	6	57	-81%
1950	56	0.000015985	9	47	-68%
1951	49	0.000013302		49	-100%
1952	64	0.000016851	12	52	-63%
1953	64	0.000016608	7	57	-78%
1954	69	0.000017334	7	62	-80%
1955	72	0.000017932	7	65	-81%
1956	65	0.000015765	7	58	-78%
1957	47	0.000011185		47	-100%
1958	61	0.000014756	12	49	-61%
1959	71	0.000017076	6	65	-83%
1960	72	0.000017333	12	60	-67%
1961	93	0.000022451	10	83	-78%
1962	75	0.000018586	10	65	-73%
1963	83	0.000020969	12	71	-71%
1964	89	0.000022893	6	83	-87%
1965	100	0.000027583	8	92	-84%
1966	80	0.000023017	9	71	-77%
1967	89	0.000026216	8	81	-82%
1968	109	0.000032264	17	92	-69%
1969	116	0.000033378	16	100	-72%
1970	177	0.000049078	17	160	-81%
1971	238	0.00006934	20	218	-83%
1972	353	0.000112313	14	339	-92%
1973	335	0.000111042	14	321	-92%
1974	435	0.000143092	18	417	-92%
1975	508	0.000168246	25	483	-90%
1976	611	0.000201364	25	586	-92%
1977	743	0.000233906	27	716	-93%
1978	651	0.000205112	23	628	-93%
1979	606	0.000182146	24	582	-92%
1980	544	0.000157933	15	529	-94%
1981	456	0.000131816	17	439	-93%
1982	438	0.000124859	17	421	-92%
1983	382	0.000110298	19	363	-90%
1984	367	0.000105195	15	352	-92%
1985	353	0.000098904	26	327	-85%
1986	379	0.000106548	29	350	-85%
1987	306	0.000084868	25	281	-84%
1988	300	0.00008119	26	274	-83%
1989	358	0.000093121	24	334	-87%
1990	421	0.000106515	39	382	-81%
1991	449	0.000115268	40	409	-82%
1992	429	0.000111682	29	400	-86%
1993	562	0.000149061	57	505	-80%
1994	529	0.000142294	69	460	-74%
1995	531	0.000144997	76	455	-71%
1996	515	0.000141204	78	437	-70%
1997	447	0.000123285	66	381	-70%
1998	408	0.000110924	66	342	-68%
1999	485	0.000131299	66	419	-73%
2000	524	0.000138628	73	451	-72%
2001	642	0.000171502	80	562	-75%
2002	670	0.000179226	90	580	-73%
2003	648	0.000170422	100	548	-69%
2004	624	0.000163311	86	538	-72%
2005	644	0.000167497	97	547	-70%
2006	628	0.000158739	98	530	-69%
2007	640	0.000160093	103	537	-68%
2008	634	0.000161296	105	529	-67%
2009	610	0.000159679	95	515	-69%
2010	606	0.000163973	121	485	-60%
2011	533	0.000145716	119	414	-55%
2012	514	0.000140538	128	386	-50%
2013	550	0.000150864	129	421	-53%
2014	575	0.000155138	152	423	-47%
2015	604	0.000163203	147	457	-51%
2016	641	0.000174721	165	476	-49%
2017	603	0.000168615	168	435	-44%
2018	615	0.00017492	183	432	-40%
2019	655	0.00018871	186	469	-43%
2020	646	0.00019338	194	452	-40%
2021	659	0.000194513	222	437	-33%
2022	623	0.000184149	212	411	-32%
2023	667	0.000201438	263	404	-21%
2024	664	0.000199489	272	392	-18%

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