Quinton

Last seen for girls in 1988 at #9,244 · #973 for boys in 2025, 235 births
Given to boys 99.9% of the time

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Peak · boys
1990 · 852 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
31,623
since 1903

Quinton over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Quinton has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201950peak #296, 1990boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#973235
2024—#832298
2023—#809303
2022—#757335
2021—#704373
2020—#684376
2019—#675382
2018—#593462
2017—#547508
2016—#594456
2015—#594465
2014—#565491
2013—#552480
2012—#528497
2011—#530479
2010—#489531
2009—#525516
2008—#463597
2007—#479561
2006—#478555
2005—#459559
2004—#476529
2003—#402645
2002—#407620
2001—#392647
2000—#379688
1999—#373695
1998—#338804
1997—#315839
1996—#302871
1995—#307860
1994—#310842
1993—#365647
1992—#353670
1991—#335734
1990—#296852
1989—#331702
1988#9,2447#381521
1987#11,3255#372517
1986#10,9125#373495
1985#6,9559#346543
1984#8,1537#333565
1983#6,7059#305645
1982—#409413
1981—#476306
1980—#521269
1979—#521262
1978—#564221
1977—#499269
1976—#512246
1975—#585190
1974—#635161
1973—#611169
1972—#698132
1971—#658156
1970—#606180
1969—#656144
1968—#655133
1967—#726104
1966—#621142
1965—#622149
1964—#572191
1963—#599171
1962—#702120
1961—#704118
1960—#704123
1959—#77697
1958—#76794
1957—#83582
1956—#91766
1955—#79285
1954—#86372
1953—#96655
1952—#80875
1951—#88163
1950—#77877
1949—#87861
1948—#94554
1947—#93856
1946—#84860
1945—#1,01639
1944—#96445
1943—#88557
1942—#95848
1941—#1,01940
1940—#1,05038
1939—#95443
1938—#1,04338
1937—#1,03138
1936—#97241
1935—#1,02039
1934—#79860
1933—#89548
1932—#93748
1931—#1,25330
1930—#1,06942
1929—#1,33928
1928—#91354
1927—#96452
1926—#99248
1925—#82265
1924—#78274
1923—#84664
1922—#76674
1921—#625103
1920—#535130
1919—#484152
1918—#492147
1917—#1,09237
1916—#1,33526
1915—#1,41023
1914—#1,44118
1913—#1,31116
1912—#1,35313
1911—#1,1909
1910—#1,5895
1909—#1,1557
1908—#9469
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First appearance
1903

The first year at least five boys were named Quinton! It came in at #1,130, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1903–1905, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Quinton is popular in 1950

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedWVVirginia: #446 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,403 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedKSArkansas: #306 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,179 boysARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #460 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 7,176 boysNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedMSAlabama: #374 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 4,757 boysALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Quinton, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Arkansas#306 · 1 in 3,179
  2. Alabama#374 · 1 in 4,757
  3. Virginia#446 · 1 in 7,403
  4. North Carolina#460 · 1 in 7,176

Best ever in a state: #86 in South Carolina, 1983.

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StateRankBirthsShare
Arkansas#30671 in 3,179
Alabama#37481 in 4,757
Virginia#44651 in 7,403
North Carolina#46071 in 7,176
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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 Quinton
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 141 spots since 2024 (#832 → #973)
  • 289 spots since 2020 (#684 → #973)
  • 379 spots since 2015 (#594 → #973)
  • Biggest jump: 600 spots in 1918 (#1,092 → #492)
  • Biggest drop: 426 spots in 1929 (#913 → #1,339)
Rise & fade · boys
87 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1903
  • Peaked 1990 at #296 (852 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 29 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 101 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 101 yrs · run 1946–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 2,175
  • Highest: 1 in 2,175 boys born in 1996 were named Quinton (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,268 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
  • Its best rank, #296 in 1990, was only 1 in 2,411 (0.04%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 24.7% of all boys named Quinton (7,814) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1900s35#852 (1906)#1,058
1910s446#484 (1919)#1,170
1920s692#535 (1920)#858
1930s427#798 (1934)#997
1940s498#848 (1946)#950
1950s766#767 (1958)#838
1960s1,395#572 (1964)#656
1970s1,986#499 (1977)#589
1980s4,976#305 (1983)#385
1990s7,814#296 (1990)#329
2000s5,917#379 (2000)#446
2010s4,751#489 (2010)#567
2020s1,920#684 (2020)#793

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.

Quinton in 1950

boys
#778
77 births · 1 in 23,250 boys

Top boys' names in 1950

  1. #1James86,228
  2. #2Robert83,553
  3. #3John79,412
  4. #4Michael65,136
  5. #5David60,729
  6. #6William60,680
  7. #7Richard51,003
  8. #8Thomas45,596
  9. #9Charles39,095
  10. #10Gary33,737
  11. #778Quinton77
More about 1950

boys

1,790,262 boys got a published name in 1950; 1 in 23,250 of them was named Quinton, which outranked 81.5% of the 4,196 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Quinton
  1. #772Newton78
  2. #772Olen78
  3. #772Sydney78
  4. #778Quinton77
  5. #778Augustus77
  6. #778Eloy77
  7. #778Hayward77
  8. #784Elmo76
  9. #784Fidel76
  10. #784Lucius76

Tied with 5 names at #778; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. ↑ 744Ezzard#1,616 → #872
  2. ↑ 510Kelvin#1,085 → #575
  3. ↑ 447Nancy#1,297 → #850
  4. ↑ 420Samual#1,380 → #960
  5. ↑ 376Shaun#1,275 → #899
Fallers
  1. ↓ 371Sharon#885 → #1,256
  2. ↓ 369Melvyn#770 → #1,139
  3. ↓ 367Les#997 → #1,364
  4. ↓ 351Delmas#905 → #1,256
  5. ↓ 315Denzil#808 → #1,123

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1950 →