Quenton
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- KWEN-tin
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #7,190 for boys
Quenton is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “fifth”. In 2025 it ranked 7,190th for boys in the US (11 babies).
What does Quenton mean?
Latin: spelling of Quentin; 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.
Meaning borrowed from Quentin. More on Wiktionary.
Is Quenton a girl's or a boy's name?
Quenton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Quenton in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,190among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 160,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 11 boys in the US were named Quenton, making it the 7,190th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,568th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 102 boys. It first appears in the records in 1917.
Half of all the boys named Quenton in the US since 1880 were born between 1977 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 249 boys in the US were given Quenton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #867, up from #7,190 for this spelling alone.
- Quentin 238
- Quenton 11
Quenton in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #7,190 |
| 2024 | 11 | #7,252 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,606 |
| 2022 | 15 | #5,870 |
| 2021 | 25 | #4,114 |
| 2020 | 30 | #3,568 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,476 |
| 2018 | 19 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 23 | #4,327 |
| 2016 | 29 | #3,680 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 26 | #3,862 |
| 2012 | 21 | #4,530 |
| 2011 | 36 | #3,113 |
| 2010 | 33 | #3,307 |
| 2009 | 51 | #2,485 |
| 2008 | 48 | #2,582 |
| 2007 | 43 | #2,764 |
| 2006 | 45 | #2,620 |
| 2005 | 62 | #2,004 |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,098 |
| 2003 | 46 | #2,308 |
| 2002 | 64 | #1,789 |
| 2001 | 73 | #1,613 |
| 2000 | 74 | #1,581 |
| 1999 | 83 | #1,405 |
| 1998 | 79 | #1,433 |
| 1997 | 80 | #1,375 |
| 1996 | 87 | #1,263 |
| 1995 | 82 | #1,295 |
| 1994 | 95 | #1,164 |
| 1993 | 69 | #1,395 |
| 1992 | 74 | #1,304 |
| 1991 | 70 | #1,346 |
| 1990 | 102 | #1,045 |
| 1989 | 90 | #1,111 |
| 1988 | 58 | #1,351 |
| 1987 | 58 | #1,281 |
| 1986 | 44 | #1,510 |
| 1985 | 46 | #1,451 |
| 1984 | 40 | #1,530 |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,222 |
| 1982 | 50 | #1,319 |
| 1981 | 45 | #1,411 |
| 1980 | 49 | #1,341 |
| 1979 | 42 | #1,435 |
| 1978 | 52 | #1,240 |
| 1977 | 30 | #1,743 |
| 1976 | 36 | #1,501 |
| 1975 | 39 | #1,407 |
| 1974 | 39 | #1,370 |
| 1973 | 19 | #2,122 |
| 1972 | 29 | #1,603 |
| 1971 | 35 | #1,441 |
| 1970 | 33 | #1,461 |
| 1969 | 37 | #1,302 |
| 1968 | 12 | #2,444 |
| 1967 | 13 | #2,241 |
| 1966 | 19 | #1,756 |
| 1965 | 9 | #2,778 |
| 1964 | 26 | #1,544 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,838 |
| 1962 | 14 | #2,185 |
| 1961 | 12 | #2,408 |
| 1960 | 24 | #1,657 |
| 1959 | 16 | #2,032 |
| 1958 | 14 | #2,176 |
| 1957 | 10 | #2,629 |
| 1956 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 7 | #3,142 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 6 | #3,328 |
| 1949 | 9 | #2,605 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,029 |
| 1945 | 10 | #2,241 |
| 1944 | 8 | #2,632 |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,332 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 6 | #3,275 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,094 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 8 | #2,978 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 11 | #2,641 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,613 |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,629 |
| 1921 | 18 | #1,903 |
| 1920 | 25 | #1,505 |
| 1919 | 33 | #1,230 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,709 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
Names like Quenton
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Justin Jason Austin Aaron Tyson Mason Adrian Christian Jordan Weston Brandon Nathan
Other spellings of Quenton
Names related to Quenton
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Quenton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/quenton, updated 20 October 2026.