Fun Facts About the Name Quentin
- More than 43 thousand babies named Quentin: U.S. records list 43,654 babies given the name Quentin from 1880 through 2025. Even 190 girls received the name Quentin - about 1 girl for every 229 boys.
What Does the Name Quentin Mean?
Quentin means "fifth" and comes from Latin through French. Its source is the Latin name Quintinus, a derivative of the older Roman given name Quintus, which means "fifth." The ending -inus was a common Latin suffix used to form a derived, slightly affectionate name, so Quintinus can be understood as "little Quintus" or "a Quintus by family." The meaning is literal: Roman families often named a fifth child or fifth-born son Quintus, and the derived form inherited that sense rather than adding a new one.
Quentin Name History & Origins
The name entered European use through Saint Quentin, a Roman missionary traditionally said to have been martyred in the late third century at Augusta Viromanduorum in northern Gaul. The town that grew around his shrine took his name and is still called Saint-Quentin, in the Picardy region of France. Because of his cult, Quintinus became a baptismal name in medieval France in the forms Quentin and Quintin.
After the Norman Conquest, the name was carried to England, where spellings such as Quintin and Quentin appear in records from the thirteenth century onward. It stayed relatively uncommon there, and it was used in Scotland as well as England. On the Continent, Dutch and Flemish speakers used Quinten and Kwinten; the Flemish painter Quinten Massijs, known in English as Quentin Matsys (1466 - 1530), is a well-documented bearer of the name.
In the nineteenth century the name appeared in literature: Sir Walter Scott's novel Quentin Durward (1823) gave it to a Scottish archer in fifteenth-century France. That is a well-known literary use of an older name, not its first appearance. The feminine form Quintina and the Italian Quintino developed from the same Latin root.
How Popular is the Name Quentin?
Quentin recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 1998. Its best rank was #220 in 1919.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | #15,970 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2014 | #18,588 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #18,501 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2004 | #18,141 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #14,956 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #17,291 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1995 | #10,262 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #14,781 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #13,907 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1988 | #8,995 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1987 | #6,222 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1986 | #9,291 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1985 | #9,010 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1984 | #5,143 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1983 | #7,838 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #11,789 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1981 | #10,017 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1980 | #7,928 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1978 | #9,397 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1977 | #6,724 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1976 | #7,091 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1975 | #6,958 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1973 | #9,393 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1972 | #7,073 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1971 | #8,055 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 1970 | #8,947 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1966 | #7,340 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1919 | #4,703 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #968 | 238 | 0.0139% |
| 2024 | #788 | 318 | 0.0185% |
| 2023 | #769 | 335 | 0.0196% |
| 2022 | #654 | 420 | 0.0241% |
| 2021 | #539 | 546 | 0.0312% |
| 2020 | #533 | 528 | 0.0306% |
| 2019 | #591 | 468 | 0.0261% |
| 2018 | #543 | 519 | 0.0286% |
| 2017 | #540 | 526 | 0.0284% |
| 2016 | #484 | 635 | 0.0335% |
| 2015 | #484 | 616 | 0.0321% |
| 2014 | #470 | 619 | 0.0322% |
| 2013 | #406 | 731 | 0.0387% |
| 2012 | #440 | 629 | 0.0332% |
| 2011 | #405 | 697 | 0.0367% |
| 2010 | #396 | 714 | 0.0372% |
| 2009 | #377 | 808 | 0.0407% |
| 2008 | #379 | 811 | 0.0398% |
| 2007 | #374 | 820 | 0.0395% |
| 2006 | #347 | 881 | 0.0429% |
| 2005 | #332 | 913 | 0.0457% |
| 2004 | #330 | 913 | 0.0460% |
| 2003 | #339 | 835 | 0.0423% |
| 2002 | #351 | 778 | 0.0401% |
| 2001 | #351 | 764 | 0.0393% |
| 2000 | #325 | 872 | 0.0444% |
| 1999 | #322 | 866 | 0.0451% |
| 1998 | #273 | 1,052 | 0.0550% |
| 1997 | #282 | 993 | 0.0527% |
| 1996 | #284 | 965 | 0.0509% |
| 1995 | #295 | 900 | 0.0473% |
| 1994 | #344 | 718 | 0.0372% |
| 1993 | #386 | 596 | 0.0304% |
| 1992 | #365 | 647 | 0.0324% |
| 1991 | #364 | 651 | 0.0322% |
| 1990 | #338 | 729 | 0.0355% |
| 1989 | #321 | 748 | 0.0374% |
| 1988 | #297 | 770 | 0.0402% |
| 1987 | #308 | 700 | 0.0375% |
| 1986 | #320 | 633 | 0.0344% |
| 1985 | #330 | 597 | 0.0323% |
| 1984 | #320 | 602 | 0.0334% |
| 1983 | #279 | 735 | 0.0410% |
| 1982 | #308 | 639 | 0.0352% |
| 1981 | #387 | 437 | 0.0244% |
| 1980 | #369 | 469 | 0.0263% |
| 1979 | #364 | 480 | 0.0279% |
| 1978 | #356 | 467 | 0.0284% |
| 1977 | #308 | 623 | 0.0379% |
| 1976 | #331 | 521 | 0.0332% |
| 1975 | #384 | 411 | 0.0263% |
| 1974 | #430 | 337 | 0.0214% |
| 1973 | #428 | 334 | 0.0214% |
| 1972 | #426 | 344 | 0.0212% |
| 1971 | #410 | 383 | 0.0217% |
| 1970 | #394 | 412 | 0.0222% |
| 1969 | #469 | 267 | 0.0149% |
| 1968 | #571 | 176 | 0.0101% |
| 1967 | #584 | 168 | 0.0096% |
| 1966 | #594 | 160 | 0.0090% |
| 1965 | #562 | 184 | 0.0099% |
| 1964 | #508 | 238 | 0.0119% |
| 1963 | #532 | 223 | 0.0110% |
| 1962 | #661 | 139 | 0.0067% |
| 1961 | #642 | 149 | 0.0070% |
| 1960 | #701 | 126 | 0.0059% |
| 1959 | #682 | 126 | 0.0059% |
| 1958 | #658 | 137 | 0.0065% |
| 1957 | #707 | 115 | 0.0053% |
| 1956 | #650 | 136 | 0.0064% |
| 1955 | #670 | 120 | 0.0058% |
| 1954 | #638 | 132 | 0.0065% |
| 1953 | #676 | 113 | 0.0057% |
| 1952 | #619 | 130 | 0.0067% |
| 1951 | #662 | 112 | 0.0059% |
| 1950 | #625 | 121 | 0.0068% |
| 1949 | #674 | 104 | 0.0059% |
| 1948 | #625 | 118 | 0.0067% |
| 1947 | #657 | 111 | 0.0061% |
| 1946 | #591 | 118 | 0.0073% |
| 1945 | #604 | 101 | 0.0075% |
| 1944 | #557 | 119 | 0.0087% |
| 1943 | #688 | 88 | 0.0062% |
| 1942 | #604 | 109 | 0.0079% |
| 1941 | #832 | 59 | 0.0048% |
| 1940 | #848 | 56 | 0.0048% |
| 1939 | #698 | 73 | 0.0066% |
| 1938 | #796 | 61 | 0.0055% |
| 1937 | #799 | 60 | 0.0056% |
| 1936 | #822 | 56 | 0.0054% |
| 1935 | #723 | 72 | 0.0069% |
| 1934 | #741 | 69 | 0.0067% |
| 1933 | #749 | 67 | 0.0068% |
| 1932 | #716 | 76 | 0.0073% |
| 1931 | #579 | 104 | 0.0100% |
| 1930 | #578 | 108 | 0.0098% |
| 1929 | #613 | 98 | 0.0091% |
| 1928 | #600 | 107 | 0.0097% |
| 1927 | #606 | 107 | 0.0095% |
| 1926 | #617 | 104 | 0.0094% |
| 1925 | #603 | 110 | 0.0099% |
| 1924 | #445 | 188 | 0.0166% |
| 1923 | #472 | 167 | 0.0152% |
| 1922 | #486 | 161 | 0.0148% |
| 1921 | #401 | 233 | 0.0212% |
| 1920 | #312 | 337 | 0.0317% |
| 1919 | #220 | 567 | 0.0578% |
| 1918 | #243 | 480 | 0.0474% |
| 1917 | #736 | 72 | 0.0078% |
| 1916 | #869 | 53 | 0.0060% |
| 1915 | #1,154 | 32 | 0.0038% |
| 1914 | #1,089 | 28 | 0.0043% |
| 1913 | #965 | 27 | 0.0053% |
| 1912 | #988 | 22 | 0.0051% |
| 1911 | #967 | 13 | 0.0058% |
| 1910 | #920 | 13 | 0.0067% |
| 1909 | #941 | 11 | 0.0067% |
| 1908 | #934 | 10 | 0.0065% |
| 1907 | #804 | 12 | 0.0082% |
| 1905 | #987 | 8 | 0.0060% |
| 1904 | #1,361 | 5 | 0.0039% |
| 1900 | #1,459 | 5 | 0.0033% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
