Boys' name · since 1918
Quenten
Since 1918, U.S. Social Security records show 735 babies named Quenten, peaking in 2000. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #6,230 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 735
- born since 1918
- 1990s
- peak decade
Quenten is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 735 have been recorded since 1918.
Quenten has 735 recorded births among boys since 1918, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2022.
- #6,230 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 735 born since 1918
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quenten ranks #6,230 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 735 born since 1918, peaking in the 1990s.
- #6,230 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 735
- born since 1918
- 1990s
- peak decade
Quenten's 735 recorded births place it above 86.3% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Quenten's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Quenten splits its recorded history at 1987: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1921 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2000 peak of 30 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Quenten popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2022
- Peak year (2000)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 105 years of records
Quenten by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (223 births, 30% of the file).
1990s was Quenten's strongest decade.
223 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Quenten births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 13
1910s
13 births
- 1920s 27
1920s
27 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 22
1960s
22 births
- 1970s 74
1970s
74 births
- 1980s
1980s
107 births
- 1990s
1990s
223 births
- 2000s
2000s
213 births
- 2010s 38
2010s
38 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 223 births (30% of all-time use).
How Quenten compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Quenten's total volume
Quenten by state
Where Quenten concentrates geographically, total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 0.7% |
5 of 735 births nationwide.
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- Quenten's decade-level peak was the 1990s (223 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Quentens (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Quenten: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2000)
Similar record span (~104 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, 1918–2022 (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 Quenten 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.