Quillan
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KWIL-an
- Origin
- Irish
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Quillan is a boys' name of Irish origin, meaning “cub, young hound”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Quillan mean?
Irish: probably from Irish coileán
“cub, young hound”
Probably from Irish coileán 'cub'; Quillan is also a small town in the French Pyrenees.
Is Quillan a girl's or a boy's name?
Quillan is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Quillan in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 6 boys.
Quillan in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 1 | #6,364 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 2 | #6,253 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,399 |
How popular is Quillan in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 53% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Quillan, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 19 boys. It first appears in the records in 1982.
2025 had fewer boys named Quillan than any year since 2009.
Half of all the boys named Quillan in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Quillan in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 8 | #8,983 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 17 | #5,316 |
| 2017 | 13 | #6,334 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 10 | #7,486 |
| 2014 | 8 | #8,775 |
| 2013 | 9 | #8,113 |
| 2012 | 9 | #8,152 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 11 | #7,081 |
| 2009 | 5 | #12,486 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 7 | #9,782 |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 10 | #6,309 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 9 | #6,308 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 9 | #5,922 |
| 1994 | 15 | #4,088 |
| 1993 | 10 | #5,353 |
| 1992 | 10 | #5,228 |
| 1991 | 14 | #3,998 |
| 1990 | 9 | #5,375 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 8 | #5,194 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
Nicknames for Quillan
Names like Quillan
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Finn Ronan Aiden Conan Caelan Kian Declan Keegan Rowan Kayden Brody Callan
More Irish names
Oscar Rory Maeve Ryan Nolan Quinn Orla Cody Erin Connor Casey Kennedy Lennon Cillian Kevin Sloane
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Quillan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/quillan, updated 20 October 2026.