# Quintus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/quintus/  
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 | “fifth” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 559 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 559 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 16, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Latin Quīntus, from quīntus (“fifth”) and originally intending a fifth-born son, uninclusive of daughters. Doublet of Quint.

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 17 | 5,374 |
| 2012 | 31 | 3,510 |
| 2013 | 19 | 4,929 |
| 2014 | 26 | 3,983 |
| 2015 | 22 | 4,516 |
| 2016 | 26 | 4,068 |
| 2017 | 26 | 4,077 |
| 2018 | 23 | 4,457 |
| 2019 | 26 | 4,083 |
| 2020 | 23 | 4,387 |
| 2021 | 19 | 5,072 |
| 2022 | 22 | 4,661 |
| 2023 | 16 | 5,864 |
| 2024 | 7 | 10,669 |
| 2025 | 11 | 7,558 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 3 | 4,647 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2017 | 3 | 4,812 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## In other languages

- Catalan: Quint
- Dutch: Kwint, Kwinten, Quint, Quinten
- French: Quint, Quentin
- Greek: Κόιντος, Κοΐντας
- Italian: Quinto
- Polish: Kwintus
- Portuguese: Quinto
- Russian: Квинт
- Spanish: Quinto
- Swedish: Qvintus, Quintus

## People named Quintus

- Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar, American lawyer, politician and judge (1825-1893)

## 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.