Quince
- #8,910 for boys in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · boys
- 1886 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 588since 1884
Quince over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Quince has never cracked the top 900 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,910 | 8 |
| 2024 | #7,765 | 10 |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | #12,330 | 5 |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | #9,554 | 7 |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
| 2015 | #12,086 | 5 |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,026 | 11 |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #8,803 | 8 |
| 2009 | #8,985 | 8 |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #7,096 | 10 |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
| 2001 | #8,339 | 7 |
| 2000 | #8,209 | 7 |
| 1999 | #7,139 | 8 |
| 1998 | #7,560 | 7 |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #6,426 | 6 |
| 1987 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #4,554 | 7 |
| 1977 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | #3,724 | 9 |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #2,686 | 13 |
| 1970 | — | |
| 1969 | #4,404 | 5 |
| 1968 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | — | |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,476 | 11 |
| 1964 | #2,205 | 14 |
| 1963 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #4,038 | 5 |
| 1959 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1957 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #3,201 | 7 |
| 1954 | #2,942 | 8 |
| 1953 | — | |
| 1952 | — | |
| 1951 | #3,364 | 6 |
| 1950 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,733 | 5 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #3,338 | 5 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,712 | 8 |
| 1941 | #3,133 | 6 |
| 1940 | — | |
| 1939 | — | |
| 1938 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,518 | 5 |
| 1936 | #3,549 | 5 |
| 1935 | #3,252 | 6 |
| 1934 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,642 | 5 |
| 1932 | #3,092 | 7 |
| 1931 | — | |
| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #2,980 | 8 |
| 1928 | #2,659 | 10 |
| 1927 | #3,780 | 6 |
| 1926 | #3,139 | 8 |
| 1925 | #3,408 | 7 |
| 1924 | #3,260 | 8 |
| 1923 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | — | |
| 1921 | — | |
| 1920 | #2,459 | 12 |
| 1919 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,882 | 9 |
| 1917 | #3,217 | 7 |
| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #3,825 | 5 |
| 1914 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | #2,496 | 6 |
| 1912 | — | |
| 1911 | — | |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,111 | 6 |
| 1905 | #1,002 | 7 |
| 1904 | #1,205 | 5 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #971 | 5 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1884
The first year at least five boys were named Quince! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1884–1904, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Quince is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Quince in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Quince
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 1,145 spots since 2024 (#7,765 → #8,910)
- 644 spots since 2020 (#9,554 → #8,910)
Rise & fade · boys
2 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1884
- Peaked 1886 at #959 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 2 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1884–1886
Share of babies · boys
1 in 18,901
- Highest: 1 in 18,901 boys born in 1905 were named Quince (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 213,509 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #959 in 1886, was only 1 in 22,157 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 11.4% of all boys named Quince (67) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 10 | #959 (1886) | #965 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 18 | #1,002 (1905) | #1,106 |
| 1910s | 38 | #2,496 (1913) | #3,205 |
| 1920s | 67 | #2,459 (1920) | #3,108 |
| 1930s | 33 | #3,092 (1932) | #3,509 |
| 1940s | 31 | #2,712 (1942) | #3,187 |
| 1950s | 51 | #2,494 (1957) | #3,168 |
| 1960s | 66 | #2,200 (1968) | #3,115 |
| 1970s | 65 | #2,686 (1971) | #4,126 |
| 1980s | 47 | #3,401 (1985) | #5,963 |
| 1990s | 41 | #6,228 (1993) | #7,315 |
| 2000s | 47 | #7,096 (2005) | #9,701 |
| 2010s | 44 | #7,026 (2013) | #10,955 |
| 2020s | 30 | #7,765 (2024) | #9,640 |
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.
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