Girls' name · since 1960
Quenna
Since 1960, U.S. Social Security records show 142 babies named Quenna, peaking in 1963. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #23,365 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 142
- born since 1960
- 1960s
- peak decade
Quenna is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 142 have been recorded since 1960.
Quenna has 142 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 1991.
- #23,365 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 142 born since 1960
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quenna ranks #23,365 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 142 born since 1960, peaking in the 1960s.
- #23,365 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 142
- born since 1960
- 1960s
- peak decade
Quenna's 142 recorded births place it above 67.67% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Quenna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Quenna's full recorded timeline at 1983, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1983, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1963 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Quenna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1991
- Peak year (1963)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Quenna by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (71 births, 50% of the file).
1960s was Quenna's strongest decade.
71 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Quenna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
71 births
- 1980s
1980s
55 births
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 71 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Quenna's decade-level peak was the 1960s (71 total births); usage has since declined to 16 in the 1990s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Quenna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1963)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1960–1991 (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 Quenna 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.