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Quinlan

#3,920 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Irish surname transferred into given-name use

Quinlan has been given to 3,296 babies in the U.S. since 1977. In 2025 it ranked #3,920 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2006, with 144 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 78% boys, 22% girls all-time.

Babies named Quinlan, 2025

1 in 118,000

Quinlan over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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 — Quinlan over time

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

19772025

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.

Quinlan: meaning, origin, and history

Irish surname transferred into given-name use

Irish surname transfer

What Quinlan means

Quinlan is a given name.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Quinlan is used in English (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /ˈkwɪn.lən/ for Quinlan.

The naming story behind Quinlan

Quinlan is a given name adopted from Irish surname. This establishes the immediate naming route. A surname transfer is different from a direct translation of the modern given-name spelling; the family name may have its own earlier derivation.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,561 boys were recorded with the name Quinlan between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 144 in 2006; its best national rank was #1,176 in 2006.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #3,325 in 2020 to #3,920 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #2,474 in 2015 to #3,920 in 2025.

In the United States, 735 girls were recorded with the name Quinlan between 1988 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 48 in 2010; its best national rank was #3,399 in 2010.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,304 in 2020 to #5,669 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #5,419 in 2015 to #5,669 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.

How common is Quinlan?

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

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 118,000
28 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 61,000
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#3,920
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
82,069 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Quinlan 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 82,069 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Quinlan. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Quinlans were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Quinlan was born before 2005 — so the typical Quinlan is around 20 today.

Median birth year
2005
About 20 years old
Biggest decade
2000s
42.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
70.2%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,561
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2000s — 42.8% of all recorded uses (1,097).

Is Quinlan 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
−339
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−595
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−1,446
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.55×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
19.4%
Peak was 2006 (144)
Years since peak
19
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
12.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#1,176
2006

Spellings of Quinlan

Quinlan is not the most common spelling — Quinn is, with 39.0% against Quinlan's 2.7%.

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 Quinlan is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Quinlan was most concentrated in Massachusetts — about 1 in 50,000 boys, against 1 in 155,527 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

02 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Massachusetts1 in 50,000
  2. 2Washington1 in 50,000
  3. 3California1 in 100,000
  4. 4Colorado1 in 100,000
  5. 5Florida1 in 100,000
  6. 6Illinois1 in 100,000
  7. 7New York1 in 100,000
  8. 8Wisconsin1 in 100,000

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. Quinlan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Where Quinlan is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Quinlan was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 679,028 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2New York1 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. Quinlan has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Quinlan around the world

Where Quinlan 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
    1996–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2007–2007
    #595
    in 2007
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #3,231
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1999–2011
    #487
    in 2011

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

Notable people named Quinlan

People whose public names include Quinlan, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Quinlan by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#3,920
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 595
Best rank ever
#1,176
2006
Peak year
2006
144 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,561
Count in 2025
28

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#5,669
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 2,635
Best rank ever
#3,399
2010
Peak year
2010
48 that year
First recorded
1988
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
735
Count in 2025
22

Names similar to Quinlan

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

QuillanQuinceyQuintenQuinnlanQuintusStellanQuintinLochlanBraylanDeklanCaelanDaylanLachlanQuinceDyllanKeelanQuintonKaelanArsalanQuinntonQuintezFroylanJaylanKeilan

Names with a curve like Quinlan

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Quinlan, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

VarunDaveonJashawnJordinJavinTavionJacoreyYovaniTavianTyrenTravionSahil

Sibling names for Quinlan

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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