Boys' name · since 1961
Quency
Since 1961, U.S. Social Security records show 137 babies named Quency, peaking in 1992. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #15,383 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 137
- born since 1961
- 2000s
- peak decade
137 boys have been named Quency since 1961, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Quency has 137 recorded births among boys since 1961, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1961 to 2019.
- #15,383 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 137 born since 1961
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quency ranks #15,383 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 137 born since 1961, peaking in the 2000s.
- #15,383 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 137
- born since 1961
- 2000s
- peak decade
Quency's 137 recorded births place it above 66.15% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Quency's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Quency's full recorded timeline at 2000, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1961, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1992 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Quency popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1961–2019
- Peak year (1992)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Quency by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (58 births, 42% of the file).
2000s was Quency's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Quency births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 20
1970s
20 births
- 1990s
1990s
31 births
- 2000s
2000s
58 births
- 2010s 18
2010s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 58 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Quency's decade-level peak was the 2000s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 18 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Quency: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1992)
Similar record span (~58 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, 1961–2019 (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 Quency 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.