Quention — boys' name

What the Data Says About Quention

The Social Security Administration has registered 71 babies named Quention between 1918 and 1989, spanning 72 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Quention currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1989. The name reached its historical peak in 1919, when 17 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Quention performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 26 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Quention shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Oklahoma, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Quention in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Quention 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 71 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.