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Quenton

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Quenton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 11 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
110.00% of boys
Peak year
1990102 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1917
3,194people given the name
Babies named Quenton, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

3,194 boys have been named Quenton in the United States since 1917, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1990, with 102 births.

It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 1991, and the 1990s alone account for 26%.

By decade

Decadeboys named Quenton
1910s58
1920s111
1930s46
1940s60
1950s96
1960s185
1970s354
1980s536
1990s821
2000s561
2010s263
2020s103

In 1990, its biggest year

Quenton was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1990 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 1990.

Names that rose and fell with Quenton

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

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.