Quientin — boys' name
69 babies named Quientin in U.S. Social Security records since 1975, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
46% of everyone ever named Quientin was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Quientin in 1997 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Quientin
The Social Security Administration has registered 69 babies named Quientin between 1975 and 2010, spanning 36 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Quientin currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2010. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Quientin performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 32 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Quientin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Quientin 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 69 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.
Quientin at a glance
Last recorded 2010Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Quientin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2010–1975
- Peak year (1997)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 36 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2010.
69 total births across 36 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1997 with 9 births in a single year.
Quientin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 32 births that decade — 46% of Quientin's all-time total
Quientin decade highlights
- Peak decade 32 births
- Runner-up 13 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Quientin's strongest decade
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
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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, 1975–2010 (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.