Recorded 1979–2017 Boys' name Peak 1995 294 births

Quante — boys' name

294 babies named Quante in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1995. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s71980s621990s1582000s502010s17
1990s
Peak decade

54% of everyone ever named Quante was born in this single decade.

1995
Single peak year

21 babies were named Quante in 1995 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Quante

The Social Security Administration has registered 294 babies named Quante between 1979 and 2017, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Quante currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1995, when 21 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Quante performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 158 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Quante shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Maryland, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Quante in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Quante in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 294 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Quante at a glance

Last recorded 2017

Total births

294

Since 1979

39 years of records

Peak year

1995

21 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1979

Recorded for 39 years

Last year on file: 2017

Quante popularity over time — boys

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1979

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (1995)
21
Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
0510152025 20172005199919951991198719831979 7

Quante popularity over time — girls

6 total births recorded since 1986 (Quante as girls' name)

Unisex variant — 6 births
6 1986 6

Quante by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
158 births that decade — 54% of Quante's all-time total
1970s71980s621990s1582000s502010s17

Quante by state

Where Quante concentrates geographically — total births since 1979

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Quante
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Maryland
5 1.7%
Maryland share of Quante's total US births 1.7%

5 of 294 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Quante?
294 babies have been named Quante since 1979. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 1995 with 21 births.
When was Quante most popular?
Quante was most popular in the 1990s decade with 158 total births. The single peak year was 1995.
Where is Quante most popular?
The top states for the name Quante are Maryland (5 births).
How long has the name Quante been used?
Quante has been recorded in Social Security data since 1979, spanning 39 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Quante?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Quadir, Quan, Quade, Quaid, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1979–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.