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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201977peak #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
1907
1906#8529
1905
1904#1,2055
1903#1,1305
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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.

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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 1977

boys
#499
269 births · 1 in 6,109 boys

Top boys' names in 1977

  1. #1Michael67,587
  2. #2Jason55,631
  3. #3Christopher46,721
  4. #4David40,515
  5. #5James40,040
  6. #6Robert34,214
  7. #7John34,195
  8. #8Brian32,492
  9. #9Matthew31,965
  10. #10Joseph26,483
  11. #499Quinton269
More about 1977

boys

1,643,220 boys got a published name in 1977; 1 in 6,109 of them was named Quinton, which outranked 92.7% of the 6,861 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Quinton
  1. #495Elliott270
  2. #495Jamar270
  3. #495Nickolas270
  4. #499Quinton269
  5. #500Jarrett267
  6. #501Earnest266
  7. #502Aric265
Biggest movers since 1976
Risers
  1. 5,102Lavar#5,587#485
  2. 4,753Kinte#5,587#834
  3. 969Jedidiah#1,873#904
  4. 811Conor#1,748#937
  5. 704Amin#1,608#904
Fallers
  1. 427Jerimy#963#1,390
  2. 322Demetrios#990#1,312
  3. 246Nakia#790#1,036
  4. 244Baron#977#1,221
  5. 235Hakim#878#1,113

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

See the top 100 for 1977