Quinton
Quinton is ranked 835th among boys in 2024 (296 births). Its best rank was 298th, in 1990.
- Rank in 2024
- #835down 22 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 2960.02% of boys
- Peak year
- 1996871 births
- Best rank
- #298in 1990
- Since 1903
- 31,385people given the name
The story in the numbers
31,385 boys have been named Quinton in the United States since 1903, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1996, with 871 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 565 → 835).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 1990s alone account for 25%. It has spent 98 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Quinton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1900s | 35 | |
| 1910s | 446 | |
| 1920s | 692 | |
| 1930s | 427 | |
| 1940s | 498 | |
| 1950s | 766 | |
| 1960s | 1,395 | |
| 1970s | 1,986 | |
| 1980s | 4,976 | |
| 1990s | 7,814 | |
| 2000s | 5,917 | |
| 2010s | 4,751 | |
| 2020s | 1,682 |
In 1996, its biggest year
Quinton was the 304th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1996 were Michael, Matthew, Jacob, Christopher and Joshua. See all of 1996.
Names that rose and fell with Quinton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Germanpeak 1991
- Cortezpeak 1990
- Sergiopeak 1995
- Quintinpeak 1997
- Estevanpeak 2003
- Brittonpeak 2006
- Miguelpeak 2007
- Octaviouspeak 1992
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.