Quinlan comes from the Gaelic / Irish tradition, meaning Thin or Well Proportioned Person.
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How popular is Quinlan?
2006peak year
Quinlan first appears in the U.S. registration record in 1977. Its popularity climbed over the following decades. In 2006, 144 babies received the name (ranked #1176). Today it sits well outside the top 1,000 (around #3072), with roughly 59 babies named Quinlan each year. Quinlan has been declining in recent years. In total, around 3,245 babies have been registered with this name since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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