Girl's name
Quinn
Say it KWIN
Irish origin descendant of Chief
1 syllable
Where Quinn is loved, common and rare
Common across British Columbia, Ontario, Scotland and two more places. Rare in Ireland, Northern Ireland, England and Wales and seven more places.
1 in 338 girls born in Scotland in 2025
British Columbia 66thOntario 68thScotland 79th
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Every place
In 15 of the 40 official lists, among them British Columbia (66th), Ontario (68th) and Scotland (79th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| British Columbia province | 66th 2023 | 37 | about 1 in 323 |
| Ontario province | 68th 2024 | 134 | about 1 in 406 |
| Scotland | 79th 2025 | 53 | 1 in 338 |
| New Zealand | 87th 2025 | 44 | rank only |
| Queensland state | 88th 2025 | 55 | rank only |
| Ireland | 173rd 2025 | 27 | 1 in 782 |
| Northern Ireland | 177th 2025 | 10 | 1 in 729 |
| England and Wales | 263rd 2025 | 175 | 1 in 1,447 |
| The Netherlands | 440th 2025 | 29 | about 1 in 2,104 |
| Switzerland | 617th 2025 | 10 | 1 in 3,399 |
| Cologne city | 630th 2023 | 1 | about 1 in 6,143 |
| Berlin city | 757th 2023 | 3 | about 1 in 4,835 |
| Quebec province | 775th 2025 | 5 | about 1 in 5,201 |
| Austria | 1875th 2025 | 1 | 1 in 35,722 |
| Italy | 4773rd 2024 | 1 | 1 in 179,169 |
Rare, below the listed names: New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia, France, Munich, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock, Norway, Sweden, Spain, Catalonia, Poland, Hungary, Slovenia and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30), Argentina (top 20) and Croatia (top 50).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Sources: BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Department of Internal Affairs (DIA), SmartStart (New Zealand); Queensland Registry of BDM (Qld Open Data Portal) (Queensland); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); NISRA (Northern Ireland); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy). How we count, and every source
About the name
Quinn comes from an Irish surname, Ó Coinn, 'descendant of Chief'.
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A single syllable, KWIN, makes it short and crisp. Quinne is a variant spelling.
Quinn is used in British Columbia, Ontario and Scotland, and appears far down the lists in the Netherlands, Switzerland and Austria. It is given to both girls and boys: about three in ten of those named Quinn are boys. The Ontario and British Columbia records place its peak in 2018, and it is now falling in more places than it is rising. Its surname origin and single syllable give it a modern, unfussy feel.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- KWIN, 1 syllable
- Meaning
descendant of Chief
- Origin
- Irish
- Other spellings
- Quinne
Etymology
The surname is borrowed from Irish Ó Coinn (“descendant of Chief”).
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 2 of 11 regions, falling in 6.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 331 | 271 | 277 | 285 | 248 | 238 | 217 | 236 | 273 | 263 |
| Scotland | 84 | 108 | 95 | 134 | 84 | 76 | 83 | 88 | 120 | 79 |
| Northern Ireland | 190 | 180 | 166 | 263 | 134 | 158 | 147 | 171 | 169 | 177 |
| Ireland | 390 | 260 | 361 | 260 | 275 | 221 | 195 | 183 | 209 | 173 |
| Ontario | 47 | 47 | 39 | 47 | 51 | 53 | 50 | 52 | 68 | |
| British Columbia | 34 | 49 | 34 | 51 | 41 | 52 | 50 | 66 | ||
| New South Wales | 100 | 95 | 93 | 100 | ||||||
| Victoria | 94 | 69 | 67 | 86 | 63 | 85 | 80 | 88 | ||
| Queensland | 78 | 81 | 74 | 76 | 78 | 81 | 80 | 88 | ||
| South Australia | 66 | 85 | 56 | 66 | 64 | 61 | 85 | |||
| New Zealand | 47 | 59 | 60 | 67 | 46 | 52 | 80 | 48 | 85 | 87 |
| Quebec | 655 | 601 | 730 | 547 | 575 | 637 | 630 | 612 | 775 | |
| France | 3683 | 3591 | ||||||||
| The Netherlands | 427 | 487 | 304 | 331 | 389 | 403 | 509 | 500 | 440 | |
| Switzerland | 1458 | 822 | 1512 | 1140 | 922 | 547 | 751 | 733 | 995 | 617 |
| Sweden | 613 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 263 | 175 | 69.1 |
| 2024 | 273 | 174 | 67.4 |
| 2023 | 236 | 192 | 74.8 |
| 2022 | 217 | 220 | 83.5 |
| 2021 | 238 | 210 | 76.6 |
| 2020 | 248 | 188 | 70.0 |
| 2019 | 285 | 172 | 61.4 |
| 2018 | 277 | 173 | 60.0 |
| 2017 | 271 | 182 | 60.9 |
| 2016 | 331 | 150 | 48.8 |
| 2015 | 421 | 105 | 34.1 |
| 2014 | 465 | 93 | 30.3 |
| 2013 | 460 | 91 | 29.5 |
| 2012 | 504 | 86 | 26.7 |
| 2011 | 804 | 46 | 14.3 |
| 2010 | 1332 | 23 | 7.2 |
| 2009 | 5556 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 2008 | 3397 | 6 | 1.9 |
| 2007 | 5201 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 2003 | 2436 | 7 | 2.5 |
| 2002 | 2868 | 5 | 1.9 |
| 2000 | 3912 | 3 | 1.1 |
| 1998 | 3846 | 3 | 1.0 |
| 1996 | 3126 | 4 | 1.4 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
Ontario and British Columbia since 1925
Half of the babies named Quinn in Ontario and British Columbia since 1925 were born in or after 2016. First recorded in 1979. Her peak year there: 2018, at 421.4 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Quinn per 100,000 girls born in Ontario and British Columbia, by five-year period. Her 2018 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (1917-2024), OGL-Ontario; BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (1924-2023), OGL-BC.
Sister names for Quinn
1 in 138 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Quinn.
1 in 754 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Quinn.
1 in 271 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Quinn.
1 in 960 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Quinn.
1 in 688 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Quinn.
1 in 215 in England and Wales
Rose and fell with Quinn.
1 in 587 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Quinn.
1 in 596 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Quinn.
1 in 459 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Quinn.
1 in 688 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Quinn.
Middle names for Quinn
1 in 71 in Scotland
Quinn Olivia
1-4 beats · initials QO
Changes the beat after Quinn: 1 syllable, then 4 syllables.
1 in 107 in Northern Ireland
Quinn Charlotte
1-2 beats · initials QC
Changes the beat after Quinn: 1 syllable, then 2 syllables.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Quinn Emily
1-3 beats · initials QE
Changes the beat after Quinn: 1 syllable, then 3 syllables.
1 in 86 in Ireland
Quinn Sophie
1-2 beats · initials QS
Changes the beat after Quinn: 1 syllable, then 2 syllables.
1 in 95 in Northern Ireland
Quinn Anna
1-2 beats · initials QA
Changes the beat after Quinn: 1 syllable, then 2 syllables.
1 in 154 in Ireland
Quinn Emma
1-2 beats · initials QE
Changes the beat after Quinn: 1 syllable, then 2 syllables.
1 in 197 in Ireland
Quinn Alice
1-2 beats · initials QA
Changes the beat after Quinn: 1 syllable, then 2 syllables.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Quinn Maria
1-3 beats · initials QM
Changes the beat after Quinn: 1 syllable, then 3 syllables.
Same style as Quinn
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 82 in Ireland
95% alike: moves with Quinn across countries and decades.
1 in 138 in Scotland
94% alike: moves with Quinn across countries and decades.
1 in 1,320 in Ireland
94% alike: moves with Quinn across countries and decades.
1 in 293 in Scotland
94% alike: moves with Quinn across countries and decades.
1 in 215 in England and Wales
94% alike: moves with Quinn across countries and decades.
1 in 596 in Scotland
93% alike: moves with Quinn across countries and decades.
1 in 688 in Scotland
93% alike: moves with Quinn across countries and decades.
1 in 143 in Scotland
93% alike: moves with Quinn across countries and decades.
Famous people named Quinn
Quinn Cummings and Quinn Shephard.
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American writer, inventor and former child actress (born 1967)
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American actress, filmmaker and film editor (born 1995)
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Quinn
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Quinn?
Her best rank is No. 66 in British Columbia in 2023, about 1 in 323 girls. She is in the published lists of 15 of our 40 regions.
What does Quinn mean?
Wiktionary glosses Quinn as "descendant of Chief".
How do you pronounce Quinn?
KWIN, with 1 syllable.
Is Quinn getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 2 of 11 regions, falling in 6.
Which sister names go with Quinn?
The deck's top five sisters for Quinn: Maeve, Zoey, Callie, Avery and Aaliyah. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.