boy's name

Quinten

  • Origin Dutch
  • Gender Boy
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 8,895

Scotland

#746

2019 births

Quinten is a boy's name. In 2025 it was given to 65 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Quinten is a name of Dutch origin.
  • Peaked in 2000, when 256 babies were given the name.
  • It has been falling over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 51,007 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1913.

Quinten over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

2,340
'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Quinten by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 99
1920s 167
1930s 79
1940s 64
1950s 82
1960s 191
1970s 328
1980s 718
1990s 1,824
2000s 2,340
2010s 1,641
2020s (to 2025) 565

How popular is Quinten?

In 2025, Quinten was given to 65 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Quinten is used

Scotland #746 3 in 2019
Canada #2,185 9 in 2024
United States #2,189 65 in 2025
England & Wales #4,622 4 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Quinten

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Quinten also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Quinten over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Quinten in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Italian
Quinto
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Quinton Quintin

Sibling names for Quinten

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Quinten — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Quinten

How popular is the name Quinten?

In 2025, Quinten was given to 65 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Quinten a girl's or a boy's name?

Quinten is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

When was Quinten most popular?

Quinten peaked in 2000, when 256 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.

Is Quinten a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Quinten currently ranks #2,185 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.