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Quin

#5,342 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Variant of Quinn

Quin has been given to 2,284 babies in the U.S. since 1918. In 2025 it ranked #5,342 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2004, with 65 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 74% boys, 26% girls all-time.

Babies named Quin, 2025

1 in 184,000

Quin over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Quin over time

In 2025, Quin went to 44% girls and 56% boys.

19182025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Quin: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Quinn

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Quin means

Quin is a variant of Quinn.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Quin → Quinn. The family’s meaning is “descendant of Chief”, recorded in English with the source elements Coinn.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Quinn.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,698 boys were recorded with the name Quin between 1918 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 65 in 2004; its best national rank was #1,863 in 2003.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,708 in 2020 to #5,342 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,208 in 2015 to #5,342 in 2025.

In the United States, 586 girls were recorded with the name Quin between 1967 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 33 in 2017; its best national rank was #4,354 in 2017.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #5,448 in 2020 to #7,805 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,947 in 2015 to #7,805 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Quin?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 184,000
18 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 94,900
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#5,342
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
127,662 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Quin sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 127,662 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Quin. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Quins were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Quin was born before 2004 — so the typical Quin is around 21 today.

Median birth year
2004
About 21 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
29.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
60.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,664
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 29.4% of all recorded uses (499).

Is Quin rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−938
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−1,634
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−2,134
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.50×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
27.7%
Peak was 2004 (65)
Years since peak
21
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
20.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,863
2003

Spellings of Quin

Quin is not the most common spelling — Juan is, with 43.8% against Quin's 0.20%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Quin is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Quin was most concentrated in Missouri — about 1 in 100,000 boys, against 1 in 619,581 across all states with data. It was least common in Wisconsin (1 in —).

01 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Missouri1 in 100,000
  2. 2Utah1 in 100,000
  3. 3California1 in —
  4. 4Florida1 in —
  5. 5Illinois1 in —
  6. 6Indiana1 in —
  7. 7Minnesota1 in —
  8. 8New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Quin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Quin is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Quin was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 762,513 across all states with data.

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Quin has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Quin around the world

Where Quin ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2005–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2016–2016
    #532
    in 2016
  • Ireland
    2007–2020
    #556
    in 2020
  • Canada
    1992–2023
    #3,103
    in 2023
  • South Australia
    1975–2010
    #754
    in 2010

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Quin by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#5,342
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 1,634
Best rank ever
#1,863
2003
Peak year
2004
65 that year
First recorded
1918
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,698
Count in 2025
18

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,805
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 2,357
Best rank ever
#4,354
2017
Peak year
2017
33 that year
First recorded
1967
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
586
Count in 2025
14

Names similar to Quin

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

QuillQuinceyQuinceQuinlanQuintBruinQuintusEduinJuaquinQuillanQuintenQuinnQuincyQuinntonQuintezQuintinQuitmanQuintynQuintrellQuintonQuintanQuintelQuinntinQuillen

Sibling names for Quin

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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