Quinton
Quinton was given to 235 boys in 2025, #976 among boys’ names; 31,665 Americans have been recorded with it since 1903 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 28,400 Americans named Quinton and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (90% of everyone recorded); the median is 29 years old and half are between 17 and 39.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Quinton by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Quinton mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Quinton is “a male given name from Latin.” Its etymology gives the sense “queen's town” (meaning).
Variant of Quentin, merged with an Old English place name meaning “queen’s town”.
/ˈkwɪn.tən/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Quinton?
#976 among boys’ names, 2025
Quinton fell from #595 in 2015 to #976 in 2025 among boys’ names; its share of boys born fell from 0.24 to 0.14 per 1,000.
871 babies in 1996, the peak
Quinton peaked in 1996, when 871 boys were given it, #304 among boys’ names. The 235 births of 2025 are 27% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 235 | #976 | 0.14 |
| 2024 | 298 | #833 | 0.17 |
| 2023 | 303 | #811 | 0.18 |
| 2022 | 335 | #757 | 0.19 |
| 2021 | 373 | #705 | 0.21 |
| 2020 | 376 | #684 | 0.22 |
| 2019 | 382 | #675 | 0.21 |
| 2018 | 462 | #593 | 0.25 |
| 2017 | 508 | #548 | 0.27 |
| 2016 | 456 | #594 | 0.24 |
Every recorded year (121)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 465 | #595 | 0.24 |
| 2014 | 491 | #565 | 0.26 |
| 2013 | 480 | #552 | 0.25 |
| 2012 | 497 | #528 | 0.26 |
| 2011 | 479 | #530 | 0.25 |
| 2010 | 531 | #490 | 0.28 |
| 2009 | 516 | #526 | 0.26 |
| 2008 | 597 | #463 | 0.29 |
| 2007 | 561 | #479 | 0.27 |
| 2006 | 555 | #478 | 0.27 |
| 2005 | 559 | #459 | 0.28 |
| 2004 | 529 | #476 | 0.27 |
| 2003 | 645 | #402 | 0.33 |
| 2002 | 620 | #407 | 0.32 |
| 2001 | 647 | #392 | 0.33 |
| 2000 | 688 | #379 | 0.35 |
| 1999 | 695 | #373 | 0.36 |
| 1998 | 804 | #338 | 0.42 |
| 1997 | 839 | #316 | 0.45 |
| 1996 | 871 | #304 | 0.46 |
| 1995 | 860 | #307 | 0.45 |
| 1994 | 842 | #310 | 0.44 |
| 1993 | 647 | #365 | 0.33 |
| 1992 | 670 | #353 | 0.34 |
| 1991 | 734 | #335 | 0.36 |
| 1990 | 852 | #298 | 0.41 |
| 1989 | 702 | #331 | 0.35 |
| 1988 | 521 | #381 | 0.27 |
| 1987 | 517 | #372 | 0.28 |
| 1986 | 495 | #374 | 0.27 |
| 1985 | 543 | #346 | 0.29 |
| 1984 | 565 | #333 | 0.31 |
| 1983 | 645 | #305 | 0.36 |
| 1982 | 413 | #410 | 0.23 |
| 1981 | 306 | #476 | 0.17 |
| 1980 | 269 | #523 | 0.15 |
| 1979 | 262 | #522 | 0.15 |
| 1978 | 221 | #564 | 0.13 |
| 1977 | 269 | #499 | 0.16 |
| 1976 | 246 | #512 | 0.16 |
| 1975 | 190 | #585 | 0.12 |
| 1974 | 161 | #636 | 0.10 |
| 1973 | 169 | #613 | 0.11 |
| 1972 | 132 | #701 | 0.08 |
| 1971 | 156 | #659 | 0.09 |
| 1970 | 180 | #607 | 0.10 |
| 1969 | 144 | #658 | 0.08 |
| 1968 | 133 | #657 | 0.08 |
| 1967 | 104 | #729 | 0.06 |
| 1966 | 142 | #621 | 0.08 |
| 1965 | 149 | #623 | 0.08 |
| 1964 | 191 | #574 | 0.10 |
| 1963 | 171 | #601 | 0.08 |
| 1962 | 120 | #703 | 0.06 |
| 1961 | 118 | #706 | 0.06 |
| 1960 | 123 | #706 | 0.06 |
| 1959 | 97 | #779 | 0.05 |
| 1958 | 94 | #768 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 82 | #837 | 0.04 |
| 1956 | 66 | #921 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 85 | #797 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 72 | #865 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 55 | #972 | 0.03 |
| 1952 | 75 | #811 | 0.04 |
| 1951 | 63 | #890 | 0.03 |
| 1950 | 77 | #782 | 0.04 |
| 1949 | 61 | #881 | 0.03 |
| 1948 | 54 | #951 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 56 | #952 | 0.03 |
| 1946 | 60 | #855 | 0.04 |
| 1945 | 39 | #1,028 | 0.03 |
| 1944 | 45 | #971 | 0.03 |
| 1943 | 57 | #891 | 0.04 |
| 1942 | 48 | #966 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 40 | #1,036 | 0.03 |
| 1940 | 38 | #1,060 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 43 | #969 | 0.04 |
| 1938 | 38 | #1,059 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 38 | #1,052 | 0.04 |
| 1936 | 41 | #987 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 39 | #1,038 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 60 | #806 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 48 | #903 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 48 | #948 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 30 | #1,275 | 0.03 |
| 1930 | 42 | #1,078 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 28 | #1,372 | 0.03 |
| 1928 | 54 | #922 | 0.05 |
| 1927 | 52 | #975 | 0.05 |
| 1926 | 48 | #1,005 | 0.04 |
| 1925 | 65 | #829 | 0.06 |
| 1924 | 74 | #783 | 0.07 |
| 1923 | 64 | #852 | 0.06 |
| 1922 | 74 | #775 | 0.07 |
| 1921 | 103 | #627 | 0.09 |
| 1920 | 130 | #538 | 0.12 |
| 1919 | 152 | #484 | 0.16 |
| 1918 | 147 | #494 | 0.15 |
| 1917 | 37 | #1,105 | 0.04 |
| 1916 | 26 | #1,367 | 0.03 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,445 | 0.03 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,478 | 0.03 |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,356 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 13 | #1,406 | 0.03 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,265 | 0.04 |
| 1910 | 5 | #1,787 | 0.03 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,246 | 0.04 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,006 | 0.06 |
| 1906 | 9 | #908 | 0.07 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,362 | 0.04 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,267 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Quinton a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Quinton has been given almost only to boys: 42 girls in 121 years of records.
Girls and boys named Quinton: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Quinton, and how old are they?
28,400 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 90% of the 31,665 Americans ever recorded as Quinton. The median Quinton alive today is 29 years old; half are between 17 and 39.
The 2020 Census counted 22,799 people named Quinton (100 women and girls, 22,699 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 27,155 born in the U.S. The Census count is 16% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 152 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,190 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 2,610 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 9,740 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 9,590 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 5,130 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Quinton born?
The states with the most babies named Quinton are Florida, Texas and Ohio, with 24% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florida | 18 | #837 | 1.2× |
| Texas | 15 | #1,338 | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 13 | #702 | 0.9× |
| California | 12 | #1,487 | 0.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | #778 | 0.5× |
| Washington | 11 | #630 | 0.8× |
| Michigan | 9 | #819 | 0.8× |
| New York | 9 | #1,271 | 0.4× |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,063 | 2.1× |
| Virginia | 8 | #855 | 1.4× |
Where Quinton is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Quinton is most over-represented in Alabama: since 1910 it was given 2.4 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Quinton with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 103,788 babies since 1880, Quinton is the second most given (31% of them). In 2025 it was given to 235 of their 641 babies (37%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Quinton
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Quinton and names like it
- Compare Quinton and QuentinBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sQuinton peaked in 1996.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Quinton since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Quinton: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1996The year the most babies were named Quinton.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Quinton alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with QMost given first.