Boy
Quincy
As a boy's name, Quincy traces back to French, where it is understood to mean "French place name". It is currently on the rise, with its biggest decade yet in the 2000s. As things stand now, it is a solidly familiar choice. In total, about 27,748 American babies have carried this name since 1900.
FrenchFrench place name
Roman"Estate of Quintius" (Roman "fifth")
Births by decade
1900s
121
1910s
400
1920s
544
1930s
458
1940s
503
1950s
618
1960s
907
1970s
4,662
1980s
3,882
1990s
4,774
2000s
6,262
2010s
4,617
Peaked in the 2000s · 27,748 total U.S. births since 1900