Quentin
Quentin is ranked 788th among boys in 2024 (318 births). Its best rank was 220th, in 1919.
- Rank in 2024
- #788down 19 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 3180.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 19981,052 births
- Best rank
- #220in 1919
- Since 1900
- 43,226people given the name
The story in the numbers
43,226 boys have been named Quentin in the United States since 1900, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1998, with 1,052 births.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 470 → 788).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1994, and the 2000s alone account for 19%. It has spent 117 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Quentin | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 51 | |
| 1910s | 1,307 | |
| 1920s | 1,612 | |
| 1930s | 746 | |
| 1940s | 983 | |
| 1950s | 1,242 | |
| 1960s | 1,830 | |
| 1970s | 4,312 | |
| 1980s | 6,330 | |
| 1990s | 8,117 | |
| 2000s | 8,395 | |
| 2010s | 6,154 | |
| 2020s | 2,147 |
In 1998, its biggest year
Quentin was the 273rd most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1998 were Michael, Jacob, Matthew, Joshua and Christopher. See all of 1998.
Names that rose and fell with Quentin
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Marcellpeak 1991
- Quintonpeak 1996
- Guillermopeak 1998
- Enriquepeak 2000
- Faustopeak 2006
- Brittonpeak 2006
- Agustinpeak 2001
- Antoniopeak 1997
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.