Girls' name · since 1972
Quintana
Quintana has 202 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1982 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,734 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 202
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
202 girls have been named Quintana since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quintana has been recorded 202 times among girls since 1972, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2009.
- #19,734 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 202 born since 1972
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quintana ranks #19,734 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 202 born since 1972, peaking in the 1980s.
- #19,734 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 202
- born since 1972
- 1980s
- peak decade
Quintana's 202 recorded births place it above 72.7% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Quintana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Quintana's full recorded timeline at 1989, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1973, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1982 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Quintana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2009
- Peak year (1982)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Quintana by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (76 births, 38% of the file).
1980s was Quintana's strongest decade.
76 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Quintana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
37 births
- 1980s
1980s
76 births
- 1990s
1990s
61 births
- 2000s 28
2000s
28 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 76 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Quintana's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (76 total births) through the 2000s (28) -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Quintana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1982)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1972–2009 (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 Quintana 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.