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Quinton

Gender
Boy
Say it
KWIN-ton
Origin
English
UK rank, 2025
#1,257 for boys
US rank, 2025
#973 for boys

Quinton is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “queen's town”. In 2025 it ranked 1,257th for boys in the UK (24 babies) and 973rd for boys in the US (235 babies).

What does Quinton mean?

English: surname from a place name; also a variant of Quentin

“queen's town”

Used both as an English surname from a place name and as a variant of Quentin.

More on Wiktionary.

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

Quinton is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 24 boys in the UK and 235 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Quinton in the UK?

Rank in 2025
1,257th among boys
Babies in 2025
24 about 1 in 12,000 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 26% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 24 boys in the UK were named Quinton, making it the 1,257th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 981st. Its busiest year was 2018, with 34 boys.

Half of all the boys named Quinton in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 34 boys in the UK were given Quinton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #882, up from #1,257 for this spelling alone.

Among boys in 2025, it was 1,196th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 34 in 20182025
Quinton in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202524#1,257
202420#1,397
202323#1,286
202225#1,181
202119#1,422
202032#981
201925#1,159
201834#966
201723#1,253
201624#1,234
201520#1,367
201413#1,834
201315#1,636
201211#2,080
201112#1,890
201012#1,887
20099#2,241
20087#2,616
20077#2,554
20065#3,013
20053#3,992
20048#1,983
20034#2,990
20023#3,325
20010–
20008#1,637
19998#1,582
199810#1,346
19974#2,438
19964#2,442

How popular is Quinton in the US?

Rank in 2025
973rd among boys
Babies in 2025
235 about 1 in 7,300 boys
Five-year trend
Falling down 31% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 235 boys in the US were named Quinton, making it the 973rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 684th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 871 boys. It first appears in the records in 1903.

It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 8 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Quinton than any year since 1978.

Half of all the boys named Quinton in the US since 1880 were born between 1984 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 397 boys in the US were given Quinton or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #651, up from #973 for this spelling alone.

1903Busiest: 871 in 19962025
Quinton in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025235#973
2024298#832
2023303#809
2022335#757
2021373#704
2020376#684
2019382#675
2018462#593
2017508#547
2016456#594
2015465#594
2014491#565
2013480#552
2012497#528
2011479#530
2010531#489
2009516#525
2008597#463
2007561#479
2006555#478
2005559#459
2004529#476
2003645#402
2002620#407
2001647#392
2000688#379
1999695#373
1998804#338
1997839#315
1996871#302
1995860#307
1994842#310
1993647#365
1992670#353
1991734#335
1990852#296
1989702#331
1988521#381
1987517#372
1986495#373
1985543#346
1984565#333
1983645#305
1982413#409
1981306#476
1980269#521
1979262#521
1978221#564
1977269#499
1976246#512
1975190#585
1974161#635
1973169#611
1972132#698
1971156#658
1970180#606
1969144#656
1968133#655
1967104#726
1966142#621
1965149#622
1964191#572
1963171#599
1962120#702
1961118#703
1960123#703
195997#775
195894#766
195782#834
195666#916
195585#791
195472#862
195355#965
195275#807
195163#880
195077#777
194961#877
194854#944
194756#937
194660#848
194539#1,015
194445#964
194357#885
194248#958
194140#1,019
194038#1,050
193943#954
193838#1,043
193738#1,031
193641#972
193539#1,020
193460#798
193348#895
193248#937
193130#1,253
193042#1,069
192928#1,339
192854#913
192752#964
192648#992
192565#822
192474#782
192364#846
192274#766
1921103#625
1920130#535
1919152#484
1918147#492
191737#1,092
191626#1,335
191523#1,409
191418#1,441
191316#1,310
191213#1,352
19119#1,189
19105#1,588
19097#1,155
19089#946
19070–
19069#852
19050–
19045#1,204
19035#1,129

Names like Quinton

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Grayson, Mason, Hudson, Sonny, Hunter, Jaxon, Frankie, Roman, Blake, Logan, Cody, Austin

Other spellings of Quinton

Quintin, Quinten, Quinnton, Quinntin

Names related to Quinton

Quenton, Quintyn, Quintan

More English names

Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Carter

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Quinton: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/quinton, updated 20 October 2026.