Girls' name · since 1973
Quantella
Since 1973, U.S. Social Security records show 24 babies named Quantella, peaking in 1981. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #43,761 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
24 girls have been named Quantella since 1973, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Quantella has 24 recorded births among girls since 1973, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1973 to 1988.
- #43,761 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 24 born since 1973
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quantella ranks #43,761 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 1973, peaking in the 1980s.
- #43,761 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 1973
- 1980s
- peak decade
Quantella's 24 recorded births place it above 39.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Quantella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Quantella's full recorded timeline at 1981, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1981 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Quantella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1973–1988
- Peak year (1981)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Quantella by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (18 births, 75% of the file).
1980s was Quantella's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Quantella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 18 births (75% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Quantella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 1973–1988 (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 Quantella 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.