Recorded 1918–2022 Boys' name Peak 2000 735 births

Quenten — boys' name

735 babies named Quenten in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1910s131920s271950s51960s221970s741980s1071990s2232000s2132010s382020s13
1990s
Peak decade

30% of everyone ever named Quenten was born in this single decade.

2000
Single peak year

30 babies were named Quenten in 2000 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Quenten

The Social Security Administration has registered 735 babies named Quenten between 1918 and 2022, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Quenten currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 30 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Quenten performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 223 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Quenten shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Quenten in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Quenten in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 735 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Quenten at a glance

Last recorded 2022

Total births

735

Since 1918

105 years of records

Peak year

2000

30 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2022

Active since

1918

Recorded for 105 years

Last year on file: 2022

Quenten popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2022–1918

Last recorded 2022
Peak year (2000)
30
Annual births at peak — across 105 years of records
010203040 202220082000199219841976196719201918 7

Quenten by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
223 births that decade — 30% of Quenten's all-time total
1910s131920s271950s51960s221970s741980s1071990s2232000s2132010s382020s13

Quenten by state

Where Quenten concentrates geographically — total births since 1918

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Quenten
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
5 0.7%
Texas share of Quenten's total US births 0.7%

5 of 735 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Quenten?
735 babies have been named Quenten since 1918. It was last recorded in 2022. The peak year was 2000 with 30 births.
When was Quenten most popular?
Quenten was most popular in the 1990s decade with 223 total births. The single peak year was 2000.
Where is Quenten most popular?
The top states for the name Quenten are Texas (5 births).
How long has the name Quenten been used?
Quenten has been recorded in Social Security data since 1918, spanning 105 years of data through 2022.
What names are similar to Quenten?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Quentin, Quenton, Quest, Quentyn, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1918–2022 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.