Boys' name · since 1979
Quintell
Since 1979, U.S. Social Security records show 175 babies named Quintell, peaking in 1984. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,794 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 175
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Quintell sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 175 recorded since 1979.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quintell has been recorded 175 times among boys since 1979, 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 1979 to 2011.
- #13,794 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 175 born since 1979
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quintell ranks #13,794 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 175 born since 1979, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,794 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 175
- born since 1979
- 1990s
- peak decade
Quintell's 175 recorded births place it above 69.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Quintell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Quintell's full recorded timeline at 1994, 50% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 50% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1979, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1984 peak of 11 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Quintell popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2011
- Peak year (1984)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 33 years of records
Quintell popularity over time - girls
5 total births recorded since 1981 (Quintell as girls' name)
Quintell by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (72 births, 41% of the file).
1990s was Quintell's strongest decade.
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 41% of all-time use.
Quintell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
53 births
- 1990s
1990s
72 births
- 2000s
2000s
34 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 72 births (41% of all-time use).
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What to do with Quintell's data
- Quintell's decade-level peak was the 1990s (72 total births); usage has since declined to 11 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Quintell: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1984)
Similar record span (~32 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, 1979–2011 (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 Quintell 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.