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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Quinley

Quinley was the 3286th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 48 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2529th with 70 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 839 places. More babies were named Quinley in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#3,286 girls, down 547 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
48girls
Girls and boys
Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
Peak year
202170 babies
Total since 1880
774babies recorded

Quinley popularity since 1880

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Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025#3,28648
2020#2,73961
2010#7,43517
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How popular is Quinley, counting every spelling?

Quinley is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,499 for girls in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #3,286 for Quinley on its own. Together these spellings went to 124 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Quinley48#3,286286
Quinnley36#4,048180
Quinlee18#6,495125
Quinnlee13#8,23690
Quinnly9#10,72154

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Quinley?

48 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Quinley (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Quinley born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 175 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Quinley.

Chance of another Quinley in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inMissouriunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Quinley?

About 800 people born in the US named Quinley are alive today, with a median age of 7; half are between 4 and 11. That makes Quinley a young name: most people with it are children.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Quinley by state

How common Quinley was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 49 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.10 per 1,000 babiesMO0.10Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: fewer than 5 a yearGA–Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Quinley, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Quinley: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Quinley, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Quinley

How popular is the name Quinley?

Quinley was the 3286th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 48 babies. Its best year was 2021, when it ranked 2529th with 70 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 839 places. More babies were named Quinley in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Quinley a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Quinley in the US.

Where is Quinley most popular?

In 2021–2025, Quinley was most common in Missouri (0.10 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and California.