Boys' name · since 1919
Quentine
45 babies named Quentine in U.S. Social Security records since 1919, with the highest year being 1919. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #22,953 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 45
- born since 1919
- 1970s
- peak decade
Quentine is not among the current top-ranked boys names; 45 have been recorded since 1919.
Quentine has 45 recorded births among boys since 1919, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1919 to 1994.
- #22,953 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 45 born since 1919
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quentine ranks #22,953 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 45 born since 1919, peaking in the 1970s.
- #22,953 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 45
- born since 1919
- 1970s
- peak decade
Quentine's 45 recorded births place it above 49.44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Quentine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Quentine splits its recorded history at 1976: 56% of all births land in the more recent half, 44% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1970 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1919 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Quentine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1919–1994
- Peak year (1919)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 76 years of records
Quentine by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (17 births, 38% of the file).
1970s was Quentine's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Quentine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
10 births
- 1970s
1970s
17 births
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 17 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Quentine's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (17 total births) through the 1990s (12) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Quentine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1919)
Similar record span (~75 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, 1919–1994 (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 Quentine 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.