Quillian
Quillian is a surname. Notable people with this surname include:Lincoln Quillian, American sociologist Natalie Quillian, American political strategist Ronnie Quillian (1934–2016), Canadian football player Sylvie Quillian, Canadian curler William Quillian (disambiguation), several people
Meaning & Origin of Quillian
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Quillian is a surname. Notable people with this surname include:Lincoln Quillian, American sociologist Natalie Quillian, American political strategist Ronnie Quillian (1934–2016), Canadian football player Sylvie Quillian, Canadian curler William Quillian (disambiguation), several people
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The Story of Quillian
Quillian first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1918, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2019: 8 births, good for #8,889 nationwide. About 38% of every Quillian on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Quillian last appeared in the published SSA data in 2019, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 39 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Quillian
Quillian is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1918 and has accumulated 39 births in the dataset. Quillian's peak popularity came in 2019 when it ranked #8,889. Use the chart and map above to compare Quillian's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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