# Quinton (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/quinton/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | “queen's town” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈkwɪn.tən/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 31,665 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 31,623 / 42 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 399, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Variant of Quentin, merged with an Old English place name meaning "queen's town".

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1983 | 9 | 7,123 |
| 1984 | 7 | 8,876 |
| 1985 | 9 | 7,397 |
| 1986 | 5 | 12,285 |
| 1987 | 5 | 12,702 |
| 1988 | 7 | 10,073 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 479 | 530 |
| 2012 | 497 | 528 |
| 2013 | 480 | 552 |
| 2014 | 491 | 565 |
| 2015 | 465 | 595 |
| 2016 | 456 | 594 |
| 2017 | 508 | 548 |
| 2018 | 462 | 593 |
| 2019 | 382 | 675 |
| 2020 | 376 | 684 |
| 2021 | 373 | 705 |
| 2022 | 335 | 757 |
| 2023 | 303 | 811 |
| 2024 | 298 | 833 |
| 2025 | 235 | 976 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 12 | 1,788 |
| 2012 | 11 | 1,962 |
| 2013 | 14 | 1,617 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 20 | 1,279 |
| 2016 | 21 | 1,271 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1,210 |
| 2018 | 33 | 897 |
| 2019 | 24 | 1,113 |
| 2020 | 28 | 993 |
| 2021 | 19 | 1,329 |
| 2022 | 25 | 1,104 |
| 2023 | 23 | 1,207 |
| 2024 | 20 | 1,322 |
| 2025 | 24 | 1,197 |

## People named Quinton

- Quinton Aaron, American actor (born 1984)
- Quinton Jackson, American mixed martial artist, actor and professional wrestler
- Quinton Flynn, American voice actor
- Quinton Howden, Canadian ice hockey player
- Quinton Hosley, American basketball player
- Quinton Ross, American basketball player (born 1981)
- Quinton Byfield, Canadian ice hockey player
- Quinton Griffith, Antigua and Barbuda footballer
- Charlie Murphy, American actor, comedian, and writer (1959–2017)
- Charles Q. Brown Jr., American military officer (born 1962)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.