Quinetta — girls' name
373 babies named Quinetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1955, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
48% of everyone ever named Quinetta was born in this single decade.
33 babies were named Quinetta in 1982 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Quinetta
The Social Security Administration has registered 373 babies named Quinetta between 1955 and 1997, spanning 43 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Quinetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1982, when 33 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Quinetta performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 179 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Quinetta shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Alabama, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Quinetta in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Quinetta 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 373 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.
Quinetta at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Quinetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1955
- Peak year (1982)
- 33
- Annual births at peak — across 43 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
373 total births across 43 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1982 with 33 births in a single year.
Quinetta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 179 births that decade — 48% of Quinetta's all-time total
Quinetta decade highlights
- Peak decade 179 births
- Runner-up 75 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Quinetta's strongest decade
179 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Quinetta by state
Where Quinetta concentrates geographically — total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Alabama | | 5 | 1.3% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 5 | 1.3% |
| #3 | North Carolina | | 5 | 1.3% |
5 of 373 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Alabama 1.3% of nationwide
- Louisiana 1.3% of nationwide
- North Carolina 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Alabama accounts for 1.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1955–1997 (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.