first name
QUENTIN
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 30,698 people named Quentin, 47.2% reported their origin as White, 35.3% as Black and 7.7% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Quentin peaked in 1998, when 1,052 babies got the name.
At least 43,662 babies have been given the name since 1900. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Quentin by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #670. The largest share of babies named Quentin, 30.6%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Quentin is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Quentin has been most common in Kansas (1.8×), South Carolina (1.7×), and Georgia (1.6×), and least common in Hawaii (0.27×).
38,451 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Quentin
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Quentin, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Quentin ranks #83,373 of 156,621, with 243 people. See Quentin as a last name
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