Quill

Last seen for girls in 2023 at #15,194 · #3,314 for boys in 2025, 35 births
Given to boys 95.2% of the time

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Peak · boys
#2,213
2019 · 63 births
Debut · boys
2013
6 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
420
since 2013

Quill over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Quill has never cracked the top 2,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202019peak #2,213, 2019boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#3,31435
2024—#3,04540
2023#15,1945#3,47433
2022—#2,75347
2021—#2,58850
2020#15,0885#2,84642
2019#13,7996#2,21363
2018—#2,94340
2017#15,9025#5,78815
2016—#4,32723
2015—#4,54521
2014—#12,1085
2013—#10,7286
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First appearance
2013

The first year at least five boys were named Quill! It came in at #10,728, and was given to 6 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 2013–2014, when fewer than 7 boys a year got the name.

Where Quill is popular in 2019

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #2,212 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 33,859 boysCAUtah: #660 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,871 boysUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedNEMissouri: #856 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 5,953 boysMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Quill, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#660 · 1 in 3,871
  2. Missouri#856 · 1 in 5,953
  3. California#2,212 · 1 in 33,859

Best ever in a state: #660 in Utah, 2019.

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Utah#66051 in 3,871
Missouri#85651 in 5,953
California#2,21261 in 33,859
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See more about Quill
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 269 spots since 2024 (#3,045 → #3,314)
  • 468 spots since 2020 (#2,846 → #3,314)
  • 1,231 spots since 2015 (#4,545 → #3,314)
Rise & fade · boys
6 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 2013
  • Peaked 2019 at #2,213 (63 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 28,480
  • Highest: 1 in 28,480 boys born in 2019 were named Quill (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 48,802 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2020s
  • 58.8% of all boys named Quill (247) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
2010s173#2,213 (2019)#6,093
2020s247#2,588 (2021)#3,003

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Quill in 2019

girls
#13,799
6 births · 1 in 279,728 girls
boys
#2,213
63 births · 1 in 28,480 boys

Top girls' names in 2019

  1. #1Olivia18,577
  2. #2Emma17,226
  3. #3Ava14,549
  4. #4Sophia13,821
  5. #5Isabella13,407
  6. #6Charlotte13,239
  7. #7Amelia12,944
  8. #8Mia12,508
  9. #9Harper10,497
  10. #10Evelyn10,443
  11. #13,799Quill6

Top boys' names in 2019

  1. #1Liam20,631
  2. #2Noah19,178
  3. #3Oliver13,967
  4. #4William13,658
  5. #5Elijah13,436
  6. #6James13,198
  7. #7Benjamin13,044
  8. #8Lucas12,483
  9. #9Mason11,484
  10. #10Alexander11,327
  11. #2,213Quill63
More about 2019

girls

1,678,366 girls got a published name in 2019; 1 in 279,728 of them was named Quill, which outranked 23.4% of the 18,024 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Quill
  1. #12,448Zyleah7
  2. #12,448Zyleigh7
  3. #12,448Zyrie7
  4. #13,799Quill6
  5. #13,799Aabha6
  6. #13,799Aabriella6
  7. #13,799Aadrika6
  8. #15,539Aaditri5
  9. #15,539Aadiya5
  10. #15,539Aaila5

Tied with 1,739 names at #13,799; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,081Amoura#2,059 → #978
  2. ↑ 553Theodora#1,406 → #853
  3. ↑ 456Navy#1,269 → #813
  4. ↑ 415Emani#1,371 → #956
  5. ↑ 403Yaritza#1,216 → #813
Fallers
  1. ↓ 451Emmarie#990 → #1,441
  2. ↓ 368Saniyah#934 → #1,302
  3. ↓ 252Tatiana#692 → #944
  4. ↓ 229Zhavia#879 → #1,108
  5. ↓ 219Jayden#979 → #1,198

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,794,216 boys got a published name in 2019; 1 in 28,480 of them was named Quill, which outranked 84.3% of the 14,133 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Quill
  1. #2,188Shiv64
  2. #2,188Xayden64
  3. #2,188Yonatan64
  4. #2,213Quill63
  5. #2,213Aariz63
  6. #2,213Aayden63
  7. #2,213Aayush63
  8. #2,228Aiyden62
  9. #2,228Akai62
  10. #2,228Alakai62

Tied with 14 names at #2,213; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2018
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,830Sekani#6,703 → #873
  2. ↑ 5,230Ermias#5,770 → #540
  3. ↑ 654Amias#1,478 → #824
  4. ↑ 623Kyro#1,343 → #720
  5. ↑ 512Aziel#1,465 → #953
Fallers
  1. ↓ 376Jaxtyn#776 → #1,152
  2. ↓ 252Brysen#860 → #1,112
  3. ↓ 220Coen#814 → #1,034
  4. ↓ 219Chad#899 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 219Imran#933 → #1,152

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2019 →