Quinzel

UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Meaning not yet documented

Quinzel has been given to 54 babies in the U.S. since 2017. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2021, with 11 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 78% girls, 22% boys all-time.

Babies named Quinzel, 2023

1 in 474,000

Quinzel over time, 1880–2025

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2023, Quinzel went to 100% girls and 0% boys.

19922023

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.

How common is Quinzel?

Quinzel had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023
1 in 474,000
7 of 3,314,783 births
Among girls only
1 in 229,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2023
Unranked
Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size
328,234 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Quinzel sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2023 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 328,234 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Quinzel. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Quinzels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Quinzel was born before 2019 — so the typical Quinzel is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
57.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
100.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
42
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Choose a decade

2010s — 57.1% of all recorded uses (24).

Is Quinzel 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
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Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago
New entry
Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago
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Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago
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Not published both years
Share of its own peak
0%
Peak was 2021 (11)
Years since peak
4
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Steady
11.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#9,401
2021

Spellings of Quinzel

Quinzel is not the most common spelling — Quincey is, with 49.1% against Quinzel's 2.6%.

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.

Quinzel by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#9,401
2021
Peak year
2021
11 that year
First recorded
2017
Last recorded
2023
All-time count
42
Count in 2025
Under 5

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
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Best rank ever
#7,208
1992
Peak year
1992
7 that year
First recorded
1992
Last recorded
1999
All-time count
12
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Quinzel

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

Sibling names for Quinzel

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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