Recorded 1980–1997 Girls' name Peak 1987 43 births

Quintisha — girls' name

43 babies named Quintisha in U.S. Social Security records since 1980, with the highest year being 1987. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s191990s24
1990s
Peak decade

56% of everyone ever named Quintisha was born in this single decade.

1987
Single peak year

7 babies were named Quintisha in 1987 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Quintisha

The Social Security Administration has registered 43 babies named Quintisha between 1980 and 1997, spanning 18 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Quintisha currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1987, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Quintisha performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 24 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Quintisha shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.

No etymological entry is currently available for Quintisha 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 43 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.

Quintisha at a glance

Last recorded 1997

Total births

43

Since 1980

18 years of records

Peak year

1987

7 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 1997

Active since

1980

Recorded for 18 years

Last year on file: 1997

Quintisha popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1980

Last recorded 1997
Peak year (1987)
7
Annual births at peak — across 18 years of records
4.555.566.577.5 1997199519941990198719851980 6

Quintisha by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
24 births that decade — 56% of Quintisha's all-time total
1980s191990s24

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Quintisha?
43 babies have been named Quintisha since 1980. It was last recorded in 1997. The peak year was 1987 with 7 births.
When was Quintisha most popular?
Quintisha was most popular in the 1990s decade with 24 total births. The single peak year was 1987.
How long has the name Quintisha been used?
Quintisha has been recorded in Social Security data since 1980, spanning 18 years of data through 1997.
What names are similar to Quintisha?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Quinn, Quincy, Quiana, Quintina, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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, 1980–1997 (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.