first name
QUINTON
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 22,799 people named Quinton, 43.4% reported their origin as White, 42% as Black and 7.3% as two or more races. Virtually all are male (99.6%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Quinton peaked in 1996, when 871 babies got the name.
At least 31,665 babies have been given the name since 1903. 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.
Quinton by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #693. The largest share of babies named Quinton, 32.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
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 Quinton is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Quinton has been most common in Georgia (2.6×), Alabama (2.5×), and Louisiana (2×), and least common in Massachusetts (0.21×).
27,637 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 Quinton
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Quinton, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Quinton ranks #10,167 of 156,621, with 3,019 people. See Quinton as a last name
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