Girls' name · since 1970
Quintessa
Since 1970, U.S. Social Security records show 426 babies named Quintessa, peaking in 1987. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #13,016 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 426
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Quintessa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 426 recorded since 1970.
Quintessa has 426 recorded births among girls since 1970, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1970 to 2020.
- #13,016 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 426 born since 1970
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Quintessa ranks #13,016 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 426 born since 1970, peaking in the 1990s.
- #13,016 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 426
- born since 1970
- 1990s
- peak decade
Quintessa's 426 recorded births place it above 82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New York.
Quintessa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Quintessa's SSA record in two at 1995 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1970, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1987 peak of 27, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Quintessa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1970–2020
- Peak year (1987)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 51 years of records
Quintessa by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (143 births, 34% of the file).
1990s was Quintessa's strongest decade.
143 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Quintessa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 38
1970s
38 births
- 1980s
1980s
112 births
- 1990s
1990s
143 births
- 2000s
2000s
85 births
- 2010s 38
2010s
38 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 143 births (34% of all-time use).
Quintessa by state
Where Quintessa concentrates geographically, total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 5 | 1.2% |
5 of 426 births nationwide.
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What to do with Quintessa's data
- Quintessa's decade-level peak was the 1990s (143 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Quintessas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Quintessa: 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 (~50 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, 1970–2020 (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 Quintessa 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.