Boys' name · since 1977
Quintel
Quintel has 294 recorded births since 1977 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1987 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #10,713 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 294
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Quintel sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 294 recorded since 1977.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quintel has been recorded 294 times among boys since 1977, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1977 to 2016.
- #10,713 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 294 born since 1977
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quintel ranks #10,713 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 294 born since 1977, peaking in the 1990s.
- #10,713 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 294
- born since 1977
- 1990s
- peak decade
Quintel's 294 recorded births place it above 76.43% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Quintel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Quintel's full recorded timeline at 1995, 44% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 56% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1980, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1987 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Quintel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1977–2016
- Peak year (1987)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 40 years of records
Quintel by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (105 births, 36% of the file).
1990s was Quintel's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Quintel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 13
1970s
13 births
- 1980s
1980s
96 births
- 1990s
1990s
105 births
- 2000s
2000s
49 births
- 2010s 31
2010s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 105 births (36% of all-time use).
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- Quintel's decade-level peak was the 1990s (105 total births); usage has since declined to 31 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Quintel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1987)
Similar record span (~39 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, 1977–2016 (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 Quintel 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.