Quincy: Meaning of Baby Name Quincy

About the Name Quincy

Quincy descends from the Old French place-name de Quincy, originally referring to those from various medieval French villages with names derived from the Latin Quintius (the Roman family name meaning "of the fifth"). The Quincy surname has been used continuously since the medieval period and is anchored by the iconic American city of Quincy, Massachusetts — the iconic American city named after Colonel John Quincy and home to multiple US Presidents (John Adams, John Quincy Adams).

The name's overwhelming modern American cultural anchor is American music producer Quincy Jones (Quincy Delight Jones Jr., 1933–2024, the iconic African-American music producer-arranger-conductor whose career through 1956–2024 made him one of the foundational figures of late-20th-century American music; his iconic productions include Michael Jackson's Thriller 1982, the bestselling album of all time). Other notable bearers include US president John Quincy Adams (1767–1848, the 6th US President 1825–1829); contemporary American basketball player Quincy Lewis; and the iconic American TV character Quincy of NBC's Quincy, M.E. 1976–1983.

Quincy's American climb has been substantial: the name climbed into the US top 300 boys' rank by 2008 and the top 300 since. The name has been driven primarily by African-American naming. The name's appeal sits in three contemporary American naming preferences: the surname-style sophistication, the strong Quincy Jones American music cultural anchor and John Quincy Adams American presidential historical anchor, and the popular two-syllable -cy ending. Two firm syllables, soft consonants, and tonal versatility from rural-American to upwardly-mobile-American. The name reads as both classical-American and contemporary American. Common nicknames Q (the single-letter shortening, the dominant short form, casual and warm), Quin (alternate, a popular standalone name on its own), and the rare Cy each carry distinct registers; the alternate spellings Quincy and Quincey have their own SSA tracking. International forms include the original Old French de Quincy.

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration name data, 1880–2024 (methodology). By Marvin Tang.

Quick Facts About Quincy

1,414

French baby names in our dictionary

571

French male names

7

6-letter Q-names in our dictionary

38

Q-male names total

2000–2025

years of US SSA records (26 total)

13,123

total US births named Quincy (all years)

US Popularity History (2000–2025)

↘️ Falling: Quincy dropped 49 places in the US boys ranking over the last 5 years (#605 in 2020 → #654 in 2025).

Annual US births named Quincy by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2002 with 580 boys named Quincy (boy rank #430 that year).

Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #654 for boys (422 US births). That's 224 places below its 2002 peak.

Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.

Where in the US Is Quincy Most Popular?

Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Quincy the strongest states are Nebraska, Mississippi, Washington.

Strongest boys-name states

#	State	Avg rank	Births
1	Nebraska	#389	21
2	Mississippi	#425	31
3	Washington	#430	164
4	Nevada	#434	36
5	Iowa	#442	57
6	Connecticut	#467	18
7	Kansas	#479	53
8	Missouri	#498	112
9	Oregon	#499	72
10	Massachusetts	#522	85

Weakest boys-name states

#	State	Avg rank	Births
1	Tennessee	#831	46
2	Texas	#826	239
3	Arizona	#760	46
4	Illinois	#741	115
5	New Jersey	#731	64
6	Michigan	#710	93
7	Alabama	#683	34
8	Georgia	#670	141
9	North Carolina	#669	121
10	Kentucky	#656	41

Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Quincy in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.

Variant Forms

Name	Meaning	Gender	Origin
Quin	Wise	Male	Celtic
Quincey	Fifth: Derived From Roman Clan Name.	Male	English

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