Quince
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KWINS
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #8,906 for boys
Quince is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “quince (the fruit)”. In 2025 it ranked 8,906th for boys in the US (8 babies).
What does Quince mean?
English: English word (the fruit)
“quince (the fruit)”
Peter Quince is the carpenter who directs the workmen's play in Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream.
Is Quince a girl's or a boy's name?
Quince is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Quince in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,906among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 210,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the US were named Quince, making it the 8,906th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 1964, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1884.
Half of all the boys named Quince in the US since 1880 were born between 1933 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Quince in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #8,906 |
| 2024 | 10 | #7,760 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 5 | #12,138 |
| 2018 | 5 | #12,150 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #12,180 |
| 2015 | 5 | #12,080 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 11 | #7,021 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 8 | #8,797 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 5 | #12,546 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 5 | #12,048 |
| 2005 | 10 | #7,089 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #10,660 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 7 | #8,202 |
| 1999 | 8 | #7,132 |
| 1998 | 7 | #7,553 |
| 1997 | 5 | #9,259 |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 8 | #6,221 |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 6 | #7,171 |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 6 | #6,083 |
| 1986 | 5 | #6,715 |
| 1985 | 13 | #3,398 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 7 | #4,959 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #6,054 |
| 1978 | 7 | #4,552 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 9 | #3,722 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #4,632 |
| 1973 | 10 | #3,221 |
| 1972 | 7 | #3,960 |
| 1971 | 13 | #2,685 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 5 | #4,403 |
| 1968 | 14 | #2,199 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 11 | #2,474 |
| 1964 | 14 | #2,204 |
| 1963 | 12 | #2,413 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 5 | #4,036 |
| 1959 | 7 | #3,289 |
| 1958 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1957 | 11 | #2,492 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 7 | #3,199 |
| 1954 | 8 | #2,940 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 6 | #3,362 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #3,731 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,132 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 5 | #3,516 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,252 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 5 | #3,640 |
| 1932 | 7 | #3,091 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 5 | #3,999 |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 10 | #2,659 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 7 | #3,406 |
| 1924 | 8 | #3,259 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,173 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 12 | #2,458 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 9 | #2,881 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,216 |
| 1916 | 5 | #3,896 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 6 | #2,495 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 6 | #1,110 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,001 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 0 | – |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 5 | #959 |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 5 | #971 |
Names like Quince
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from 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, “Quince: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/quince, updated 20 October 2026.