Meaning not yet researched.
Quinton: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 235 in 2025. Its best rank was #298 in 1990.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #298 in 1990; #976 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Quinton in 2025 was a boy.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#976 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1990, at #298.
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Quinton: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 235 boys in 2025. Peak: #298 in 1990 · most boys in one year: 871 (1996).
In 2025, 235 US boys were named Quinton, making it the 976th most common boys’ name of the year, down 143 places from #833 in 2024. That is 63 fewer than the 298 boys named Quinton in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #298, reached in 1990. The most boys given the name in a single year was 871, in 1996. For comparison, it was #595 in 2015 and #783 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Quinton in 121 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1903 with 5 babies. In all, 31,665 US babies have been given the name, 0.1% of them girls and 99.8% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1990s, with 7,814 babies named Quinton.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 3,728 US boys were named Quinton; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 508. In 2025 that was about 1 in 7,268 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Quinton ranked highest in Connecticut in 2025, at #556 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Quentin (43,662 babies since 1880), Quintin (15,565 babies since 1880), Quinten (8,098 babies since 1880) and Quenton (3,206 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Quinnton, Quinto and Quinnten are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Quinnton (430), Quinto (99), Quinnten (89).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Quinton in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 28 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connecticut | 5 | #556 | — |
| Kentucky | 8 | #562 | #670 |
| Washington | 11 | #630 | #512 |
| Iowa | 5 | #646 | #498 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | #680 | — |
| Ohio | 13 | #702 | #473 |
| Indiana | 8 | #762 | #451 |
| Wisconsin | 6 | #763 | #395 |
| Pennsylvania | 11 | #778 | #430 |
| Utah | 5 | #785 | #415 |
| Michigan | 9 | #819 | #477 |
| Florida | 18 | #837 | #544 |
| South Carolina | 5 | #843 | #576 |
| Virginia | 8 | #855 | #1,104 |
| Louisiana | 5 | #876 | #615 |
| Colorado | 5 | #932 | #541 |
| Missouri | 5 | #965 | #484 |
| Georgia | 8 | #1,063 | #398 |
| Illinois | 6 | #1,247 | #729 |
| New York | 9 | #1,271 | #789 |
| Texas | 15 | #1,338 | #899 |
| North Carolina | 5 | #1,424 | #880 |
| California | 12 | #1,487 | #718 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | — | 235 | #976 |
| 2024 | — | — | 298 | #833 |
| 2023 | — | — | 303 | #811 |
| 2022 | — | — | 335 | #757 |
| 2021 | — | — | 373 | #705 |
| 2020 | — | — | 376 | #684 |
| 2019 | — | — | 382 | #675 |
| 2018 | — | — | 462 | #593 |
| 2017 | — | — | 508 | #548 |
| 2016 | — | — | 456 | #594 |
| 2015 | — | — | 465 | #595 |
| 2014 | — | — | 491 | #565 |
| 2013 | — | — | 480 | #552 |
| 2012 | — | — | 497 | #528 |
| 2011 | — | — | 479 | #530 |
| 2010 | — | — | 531 | #490 |
| 2009 | — | — | 516 | #526 |
| 2008 | — | — | 597 | #463 |
| 2007 | — | — | 561 | #479 |
| 2006 | — | — | 555 | #478 |
| 2005 | — | — | 559 | #459 |
| 2004 | — | — | 529 | #476 |
| 2003 | — | — | 645 | #402 |
| 2002 | — | — | 620 | #407 |
| 2001 | — | — | 647 | #392 |
| 2000 | — | — | 688 | #379 |
| 1999 | — | — | 695 | #373 |
| 1998 | — | — | 804 | #338 |
| 1997 | — | — | 839 | #316 |
| 1996 | — | — | 871 | #304 |
| 1995 | — | — | 860 | #307 |
| 1994 | — | — | 842 | #310 |
| 1993 | — | — | 647 | #365 |
| 1992 | — | — | 670 | #353 |
| 1991 | — | — | 734 | #335 |
| 1990 | — | — | 852 | #298 |
| 1989 | — | — | 702 | #331 |
| 1988 | 7 | #10,073 | 521 | #381 |
| 1987 | 5 | #12,702 | 517 | #372 |
| 1986 | 5 | #12,285 | 495 | #374 |
| 1985 | 9 | #7,397 | 543 | #346 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,876 | 565 | #333 |
| 1983 | 9 | #7,123 | 645 | #305 |
| 1982 | — | — | 413 | #410 |
| 1981 | — | — | 306 | #476 |
| 1980 | — | — | 269 | #523 |
| 1979 | — | — | 262 | #522 |
| 1978 | — | — | 221 | #564 |
| 1977 | — | — | 269 | #499 |
| 1976 | — | — | 246 | #512 |
| 1975 | — | — | 190 | #585 |
| 1974 | — | — | 161 | #636 |
| 1973 | — | — | 169 | #613 |
| 1972 | — | — | 132 | #701 |
| 1971 | — | — | 156 | #659 |
| 1970 | — | — | 180 | #607 |
| 1969 | — | — | 144 | #658 |
| 1968 | — | — | 133 | #657 |
| 1967 | — | — | 104 | #729 |
| 1966 | — | — | 142 | #621 |
| 1965 | — | — | 149 | #623 |
| 1964 | — | — | 191 | #574 |
| 1963 | — | — | 171 | #601 |
| 1962 | — | — | 120 | #703 |
| 1961 | — | — | 118 | #707 |
| 1960 | — | — | 123 | #707 |
| 1959 | — | — | 97 | #780 |
| 1958 | — | — | 94 | #769 |
| 1957 | — | — | 82 | #838 |
| 1956 | — | — | 66 | #922 |
| 1955 | — | — | 85 | #798 |
| 1954 | — | — | 72 | #866 |
| 1953 | — | — | 55 | #973 |
| 1952 | — | — | 75 | #812 |
| 1951 | — | — | 63 | #891 |
| 1950 | — | — | 77 | #783 |
| 1949 | — | — | 61 | #882 |
| 1948 | — | — | 54 | #952 |
| 1947 | — | — | 56 | #953 |
| 1946 | — | — | 60 | #855 |
| 1945 | — | — | 39 | #1,029 |
| 1944 | — | — | 45 | #971 |
| 1943 | — | — | 57 | #891 |
| 1942 | — | — | 48 | #966 |
| 1941 | — | — | 40 | #1,036 |
| 1940 | — | — | 38 | #1,060 |
| 1939 | — | — | 43 | #969 |
| 1938 | — | — | 38 | #1,059 |
| 1937 | — | — | 38 | #1,052 |
| 1936 | — | — | 41 | #987 |
| 1935 | — | — | 39 | #1,038 |
| 1934 | — | — | 60 | #806 |
| 1933 | — | — | 48 | #903 |
| 1932 | — | — | 48 | #948 |
| 1931 | — | — | 30 | #1,275 |
| 1930 | — | — | 42 | #1,078 |
| 1929 | — | — | 28 | #1,372 |
| 1928 | — | — | 54 | #922 |
| 1927 | — | — | 52 | #975 |
| 1926 | — | — | 48 | #1,005 |
| 1925 | — | — | 65 | #829 |
| 1924 | — | — | 74 | #783 |
| 1923 | — | — | 64 | #852 |
| 1922 | — | — | 74 | #775 |
| 1921 | — | — | 103 | #627 |
| 1920 | — | — | 130 | #538 |
| 1919 | — | — | 152 | #484 |
| 1918 | — | — | 147 | #494 |
| 1917 | — | — | 37 | #1,105 |
| 1916 | — | — | 26 | #1,367 |
| 1915 | — | — | 23 | #1,446 |
| 1914 | — | — | 18 | #1,478 |
| 1913 | — | — | 16 | #1,357 |
| 1912 | — | — | 13 | #1,407 |
| 1911 | — | — | 9 | #1,266 |
| 1910 | — | — | 5 | #1,788 |
| 1909 | — | — | 7 | #1,246 |
| 1908 | — | — | 9 | #1,006 |
| 1906 | — | — | 9 | #908 |
| 1904 | — | — | 5 | #1,363 |
| 1903 | — | — | 5 | #1,269 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).