Boys' name · since 1989
Quamaine
359 babies named Quamaine in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1989. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #9,622 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 359
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Quamaine is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 359 have been recorded since 1989.
Quamaine has 359 recorded births among boys since 1989, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2024.
- #9,622 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 359 born since 1989
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quamaine ranks #9,622 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 359 born since 1989, peaking in the 1990s.
- #9,622 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 359
- born since 1989
- 1990s
- peak decade
Quamaine's 359 recorded births place it above 78.84% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 3 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
Quamaine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Quamaine's full recorded timeline at 2002, 29% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 71% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1989 peak of 35 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Quamaine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2024
- Peak year (1989)
- 35
- Annual births at peak, across 36 years of records
Quamaine by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (190 births, 53% of the file).
1990s was Quamaine's strongest decade.
190 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Quamaine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 35
1980s
35 births
- 1990s
1990s
190 births
- 2000s
2000s
80 births
- 2010s 49
2010s
49 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 190 births (53% of all-time use).
Quamaine by state
Where Quamaine concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 24 | 6.7% |
| #2 | South Carolina | | 11 | 3.1% |
| #3 | Florida | | 6 | 1.7% |
24 of 359 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
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- Quamaine's decade-level peak was the 1990s (190 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- North Carolina records the most Quamaines (24 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Quamaine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1989)
Similar record span (~35 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1989–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Quamaine draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.