Quentin
Last seen for girls in 2015 at #14,482 · #965 for boys in 2025, 238 births
Given to boys 99.6% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1919 · 567 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 43,472since 1900
Quentin over time
Rank among boys' names. Quentin has never cracked the top 200 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #965 | 238 | |
| 2024 | — | #783 | 321 | |
| 2023 | — | #767 | 336 | |
| 2022 | — | #656 | 420 | |
| 2021 | — | #539 | 547 | |
| 2020 | — | #533 | 528 | |
| 2019 | — | #591 | 468 | |
| 2018 | — | #542 | 519 | |
| 2017 | — | #539 | 526 | |
| 2016 | — | #484 | 635 | |
| 2015 | #14,482 | 6 | #484 | 616 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 | #470 | 619 |
| 2013 | — | #406 | 731 | |
| 2012 | — | #440 | 630 | |
| 2011 | — | #405 | 697 | |
| 2010 | — | #396 | 714 | |
| 2009 | — | #377 | 808 | |
| 2008 | — | #378 | 811 | |
| 2007 | — | #374 | 820 | |
| 2006 | — | #347 | 881 | |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 | #332 | 913 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 | #330 | 914 |
| 2003 | — | #339 | 835 | |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 | #351 | 778 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 | #351 | 764 |
| 2000 | — | #325 | 872 | |
| 1999 | — | #322 | 866 | |
| 1998 | — | #272 | 1,052 | |
| 1997 | — | #282 | 993 | |
| 1996 | — | #284 | 965 | |
| 1995 | #9,553 | 8 | #295 | 900 |
| 1994 | — | #344 | 718 | |
| 1993 | — | #386 | 596 | |
| 1992 | — | #365 | 647 | |
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | #362 | 651 |
| 1990 | — | #338 | 729 | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | #321 | 748 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 | #297 | 770 |
| 1987 | #5,923 | 12 | #307 | 700 |
| 1986 | #8,523 | 7 | #320 | 633 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #330 | 597 |
| 1984 | #4,966 | 14 | #320 | 602 |
| 1983 | #7,312 | 8 | #279 | 735 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #307 | 639 |
| 1981 | #9,110 | 6 | #386 | 437 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 | #368 | 470 |
| 1979 | — | #364 | 480 | |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #356 | 467 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #308 | 623 |
| 1976 | #6,611 | 8 | #331 | 521 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 | #384 | 411 |
| 1974 | — | #427 | 337 | |
| 1973 | #8,423 | 5 | #428 | 334 |
| 1972 | #6,558 | 7 | #426 | 344 |
| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | #410 | 383 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #394 | 412 |
| 1969 | — | #467 | 267 | |
| 1968 | — | #571 | 176 | |
| 1967 | — | #583 | 168 | |
| 1966 | #6,564 | 5 | #594 | 160 |
| 1965 | — | #560 | 184 | |
| 1964 | — | #508 | 238 | |
| 1963 | — | #532 | 223 | |
| 1962 | — | #657 | 139 | |
| 1961 | — | #640 | 149 | |
| 1960 | — | #699 | 126 | |
| 1959 | — | #681 | 126 | |
| 1958 | — | #657 | 137 | |
| 1957 | — | #706 | 115 | |
| 1956 | — | #650 | 136 | |
| 1955 | — | #669 | 120 | |
| 1954 | — | #637 | 132 | |
| 1953 | — | #669 | 113 | |
| 1952 | — | #619 | 130 | |
| 1951 | — | #661 | 112 | |
| 1950 | — | #624 | 121 | |
| 1949 | — | #671 | 104 | |
| 1948 | — | #625 | 118 | |
| 1947 | — | #656 | 111 | |
| 1946 | — | #591 | 118 | |
| 1945 | — | #603 | 101 | |
| 1944 | — | #554 | 119 | |
| 1943 | — | #681 | 88 | |
| 1942 | — | #603 | 109 | |
| 1941 | — | #828 | 59 | |
| 1940 | — | #841 | 56 | |
| 1939 | — | #695 | 73 | |
| 1938 | — | #784 | 61 | |
| 1937 | — | #793 | 60 | |
| 1936 | — | #816 | 56 | |
| 1935 | — | #716 | 72 | |
| 1934 | — | #733 | 69 | |
| 1933 | — | #745 | 67 | |
| 1932 | — | #708 | 76 | |
| 1931 | — | #576 | 104 | |
| 1930 | — | #576 | 108 | |
| 1929 | — | #610 | 98 | |
| 1928 | — | #598 | 107 | |
| 1927 | — | #601 | 107 | |
| 1926 | — | #614 | 104 | |
| 1925 | — | #600 | 110 | |
| 1924 | — | #445 | 188 | |
| 1923 | — | #470 | 167 | |
| 1922 | — | #485 | 161 | |
| 1921 | — | #398 | 233 | |
| 1920 | — | #312 | 337 | |
| 1919 | #4,251 | 6 | #220 | 567 |
| 1918 | — | #243 | 480 | |
| 1917 | — | #723 | 72 | |
| 1916 | — | #864 | 53 | |
| 1915 | — | #1,141 | 32 | |
| 1914 | — | #1,073 | 28 | |
| 1913 | — | #950 | 27 | |
| 1912 | — | #970 | 22 | |
| 1911 | — | #925 | 13 | |
| 1910 | — | #859 | 13 | |
| 1909 | — | #893 | 11 | |
| 1908 | — | #877 | 10 | |
| 1907 | — | #778 | 12 | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | #919 | 8 | |
| 1904 | — | #1,205 | 5 | |
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| 1900 | — | #1,310 | 5 | |
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The first year at least five boys were named Quentin! It came in at #1,310, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1900–1904, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Quentin is popular in 1970
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- District of Columbia#213 · 1 in 1,347
- Maryland#243 · 1 in 2,555
- Michigan#284 · 1 in 3,130
- Virginia#294 · 1 in 2,941
- Arkansas#297 · 1 in 2,674
Best ever in a state: #76 in South Carolina, 1983.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| District of Columbia | #213 | 9 | 1 in 1,347 |
| Maryland | #243 | 11 | 1 in 2,555 |
| Michigan | #284 | 26 | 1 in 3,130 |
| Virginia | #294 | 13 | 1 in 2,941 |
| Arkansas | #297 | 6 | 1 in 2,674 |
| Florida | #302 | 21 | 1 in 2,559 |
| Alabama | #303 | 12 | 1 in 2,572 |
| Kansas | #303 | 6 | 1 in 2,772 |
| Illinois | #305 | 34 | 1 in 2,846 |
| Georgia | #313 | 16 | 1 in 2,819 |
| Kentucky | #315 | 8 | 1 in 3,617 |
| Wisconsin | #340 | 7 | 1 in 5,251 |
| Indiana | #342 | 11 | 1 in 4,341 |
| Mississippi | #347 | 7 | 1 in 3,031 |
| Arizona | #359 | 6 | 1 in 2,828 |
| South Carolina | #365 | 6 | 1 in 3,890 |
| Pennsylvania | #367 | 15 | 1 in 6,264 |
| Texas | #367 | 39 | 1 in 2,937 |
| Massachusetts | #369 | 6 | 1 in 7,772 |
| North Carolina | #372 | 11 | 1 in 4,145 |
| Louisiana | #374 | 10 | 1 in 3,385 |
| Tennessee | #385 | 7 | 1 in 5,045 |
| Ohio | #396 | 15 | 1 in 6,463 |
| Missouri | #402 | 7 | 1 in 5,656 |
| New Jersey | #412 | 9 | 1 in 6,152 |
| New York | #423 | 28 | 1 in 5,523 |
| California | #534 | 24 | 1 in 7,432 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Quentin
- 182 spots since 2024 (#783 → #965)
- 432 spots since 2020 (#533 → #965)
- 481 spots since 2015 (#484 → #965)
- Biggest jump: 480 spots in 1918 (#723 → #243)
- Biggest drop: 182 spots in 2025 (#783 → #965)
- Debuted 1900
- Peaked 1919 at #220 (567 births)
- Births halved by 1921, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 118 yrs · run 1916–2025
- Highest: 1 in 1,729 boys born in 1919 were named Quentin (0.06%)
- Latest: 1 in 7,177 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 19.3% of all boys named Quentin (8,396) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 51 | #778 (1907) | #997 |
| 1910s | 1,307 | #220 (1919) | #797 |
| 1920s | 1,612 | #312 (1920) | #513 |
| 1930s | 746 | #576 (1930) | #714 |
| 1940s | 983 | #554 (1944) | #665 |
| 1950s | 1,242 | #619 (1952) | #657 |
| 1960s | 1,830 | #467 (1969) | #581 |
| 1970s | 4,312 | #308 (1977) | #383 |
| 1980s | 6,331 | #279 (1983) | #324 |
| 1990s | 8,117 | #272 (1998) | #325 |
| 2000s | 8,396 | #325 (2000) | #350 |
| 2010s | 6,155 | #396 (2010) | #476 |
| 2020s | 2,390 | #533 (2020) | #707 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Quentin in 1970
Top girls' names in 1970
Top boys' names in 1970
More about 1970
girls
1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 349,629 of them was named Quentin, which outranked 14.5% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,360 names at #7,995; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,858,229 boys got a published name in 1970; 1 in 4,510 of them was named Quentin, which outranked 92.7% of the 5,433 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.