Boys' name · since 1990
Quentel
Quentel has 24 recorded births since 1990 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1990 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #27,621 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 24
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
24 boys have been named Quentel since 1990, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quentel has been recorded 24 times among boys since 1990, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1990 to 2002.
- #27,621 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 24 born since 1990
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quentel ranks #27,621 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 1990, peaking in the 1990s.
- #27,621 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 24
- born since 1990
- 1990s
- peak decade
Quentel's 24 recorded births place it above 39.11% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Quentel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Quentel's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1990 peak of 7, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Quentel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1990–2002
- Peak year (1990)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 13 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2002.
24 total births across 13 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1990 with 7 births in a single year.
Quentel by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (19 births, 79% of the file).
1990s was Quentel's strongest decade.
19 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Quentel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
19 births
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 19 births (79% of all-time use).
Quentel decade highlights
- Peak decade 19 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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What to do with Quentel's data
- Quentel's decade-level peak was the 1990s (19 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2000s -- 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 Quentel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
Similar record span (~12 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, 1990–2002 (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 Quentel 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.
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