Quentin
Boy · KWEN-tin · Latin
Quentin is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “fifth”. In 2025 it ranked 1,686th for boys in the UK (16 babies) and 965th for boys in the US (238 babies).
What does Quentin mean?
Latin: from Quintinus, a form of Quintus
“fifth”
Saint Quentin, a 3rd-century martyr, gave his name to the town of Saint-Quentin in northern France.
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- KWEN-tin
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Is Quentin a girl's or a boy's name?
Quentin is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the UK and 238 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Quentin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,686among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16about 1 in 19,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the UK were named Quentin, making it the 1,686th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,241st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 34 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Quentin than any year since 2012.
Half of all the boys named Quentin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,612th in England and Wales.
Quentin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #1,686 |
| 2024 | 22 | #1,311 |
| 2023 | 17 | #1,571 |
| 2022 | 26 | #1,157 |
| 2021 | 23 | #1,265 |
| 2020 | 23 | #1,241 |
| 2019 | 31 | #1,016 |
| 2018 | 18 | #1,486 |
| 2017 | 34 | #985 |
| 2016 | 27 | #1,133 |
| 2015 | 20 | #1,367 |
| 2014 | 29 | #1,058 |
| 2013 | 18 | #1,445 |
| 2012 | 12 | #1,956 |
| 2011 | 19 | #1,385 |
| 2010 | 10 | #2,141 |
| 2009 | 15 | #1,582 |
| 2008 | 14 | #1,599 |
| 2007 | 11 | #1,848 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 14 | #1,445 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,239 |
| 2003 | 13 | #1,328 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 10 | #1,458 |
| 2000 | 11 | #1,308 |
| 1999 | 9 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | 24 | #749 |
| 1997 | 15 | #1,025 |
| 1996 | 11 | #1,215 |
How popular is Quentin in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #965among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 238about 1 in 7,200 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 41% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 238 boys in the US were named Quentin, making it the 965th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 533rd. Its busiest year was 1998, with 1,052 boys. It first appears in the records in 1900.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Quentin than any year since 1968.
Half of all the boys named Quentin in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 249 boys in the US were given Quentin or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #867, up from #965 for this spelling alone.
- Quentin 238
- Quenton 11
Quentin in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 238 | #965 |
| 2024 | 321 | #783 |
| 2023 | 336 | #767 |
| 2022 | 420 | #656 |
| 2021 | 547 | #539 |
| 2020 | 528 | #533 |
| 2019 | 468 | #591 |
| 2018 | 519 | #542 |
| 2017 | 526 | #539 |
| 2016 | 635 | #484 |
| 2015 | 616 | #484 |
| 2014 | 619 | #470 |
| 2013 | 731 | #406 |
| 2012 | 630 | #440 |
| 2011 | 697 | #405 |
| 2010 | 714 | #396 |
| 2009 | 808 | #377 |
| 2008 | 811 | #378 |
| 2007 | 820 | #374 |
| 2006 | 881 | #347 |
| 2005 | 913 | #332 |
| 2004 | 914 | #330 |
| 2003 | 835 | #339 |
| 2002 | 778 | #351 |
| 2001 | 764 | #351 |
| 2000 | 872 | #325 |
| 1999 | 866 | #322 |
| 1998 | 1,052 | #272 |
| 1997 | 993 | #282 |
| 1996 | 965 | #284 |
| 1995 | 900 | #295 |
| 1994 | 718 | #344 |
| 1993 | 596 | #386 |
| 1992 | 647 | #365 |
| 1991 | 651 | #362 |
| 1990 | 729 | #338 |
| 1989 | 748 | #321 |
| 1988 | 770 | #297 |
| 1987 | 700 | #307 |
| 1986 | 633 | #320 |
| 1985 | 597 | #330 |
| 1984 | 602 | #320 |
| 1983 | 735 | #279 |
| 1982 | 639 | #307 |
| 1981 | 437 | #386 |
| 1980 | 470 | #368 |
| 1979 | 480 | #364 |
| 1978 | 467 | #356 |
| 1977 | 623 | #308 |
| 1976 | 521 | #331 |
| 1975 | 411 | #384 |
| 1974 | 337 | #427 |
| 1973 | 334 | #428 |
| 1972 | 344 | #426 |
| 1971 | 383 | #410 |
| 1970 | 412 | #394 |
| 1969 | 267 | #467 |
| 1968 | 176 | #571 |
| 1967 | 168 | #583 |
| 1966 | 160 | #594 |
| 1965 | 184 | #560 |
| 1964 | 238 | #508 |
| 1963 | 223 | #532 |
| 1962 | 139 | #657 |
| 1961 | 149 | #639 |
| 1960 | 126 | #698 |
| 1959 | 126 | #680 |
| 1958 | 137 | #656 |
| 1957 | 115 | #705 |
| 1956 | 136 | #649 |
| 1955 | 120 | #668 |
| 1954 | 132 | #636 |
| 1953 | 113 | #668 |
| 1952 | 130 | #618 |
| 1951 | 112 | #660 |
| 1950 | 121 | #623 |
| 1949 | 104 | #670 |
| 1948 | 118 | #624 |
| 1947 | 111 | #656 |
| 1946 | 118 | #591 |
| 1945 | 101 | #603 |
| 1944 | 119 | #554 |
| 1943 | 88 | #681 |
| 1942 | 109 | #603 |
| 1941 | 59 | #828 |
| 1940 | 56 | #841 |
| 1939 | 73 | #695 |
| 1938 | 61 | #784 |
| 1937 | 60 | #793 |
| 1936 | 56 | #816 |
| 1935 | 72 | #716 |
| 1934 | 69 | #733 |
| 1933 | 67 | #745 |
| 1932 | 76 | #708 |
| 1931 | 104 | #576 |
| 1930 | 108 | #576 |
| 1929 | 98 | #610 |
| 1928 | 107 | #598 |
| 1927 | 107 | #601 |
| 1926 | 104 | #614 |
| 1925 | 110 | #600 |
| 1924 | 188 | #445 |
| 1923 | 167 | #470 |
| 1922 | 161 | #485 |
| 1921 | 233 | #398 |
| 1920 | 337 | #312 |
| 1919 | 567 | #220 |
| 1918 | 480 | #243 |
| 1917 | 72 | #723 |
| 1916 | 53 | #864 |
| 1915 | 32 | #1,141 |
| 1914 | 28 | #1,073 |
| 1913 | 27 | #950 |
| 1912 | 22 | #970 |
| 1911 | 13 | #924 |
| 1910 | 13 | #859 |
| 1909 | 11 | #893 |
| 1908 | 10 | #877 |
| 1907 | 12 | #778 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 8 | #918 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,309 |
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