Recorded 1977–2025 · United States
Quinlan was most popular in 2006, when 174 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,349 that year. In 2025 it ranked #5,600, with 50 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,296 people named Quinlan.
Quinlan first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1977, which makes it about 48 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 48 of the 49 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 3,296 American births named Quinlan between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 3,244 are estimated to be alive today.
50 American babies were named Quinlan in 2025, ranking #5,600 that year.
Quinlan is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 47 births a year, against 96 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -51% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Quinlan is a unisex name — 22.3% of the 3,296 Americans given it were girls and 77.7% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 32% girls and 68% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 3,244 Americans named Quinlan are alive today — 98% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 20 years old, and half are between 14 and 26. That is a narrow band: Quinlan arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org