Quentin

What Quentin means

Means “fifth”

The name of a third century French martyr, from Latin Quīntīnus, a derivative of the Roman praenomen Quīntus, from quīntus (“fifth”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Quentin” (revision 91619923), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Quentin?

US: Falling: down from #484 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1279 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 1919, when 567 boys got the name (#220 that year). First in the US records in 1900.

How common

• About 1 in 7,177 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 16,996 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in NM (0.77 per 1,000 boys), WA (0.4 per 1,000 boys), KY (0.39 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Quentin is #965 in the US and #1613 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Quentin were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Quenton11 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Nicknames

• Quint

Listed on Wiktionary under “pet forms”.

If you like Quentin

Boys

• Victor#209“conqueror”^*
• Carlos#150Spanish and Portuguese form of Charles, meaning “free man”^*
• Anthony#46“flower”^*
• Marcus#258Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 5,996 babies; 1,341 in 2025
• Justin#233“just”^*
• Dominick#622Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2003, with 1,780 babies; 448 in 2025

For a sister

• Anna#107Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #44 in 2015, #107 in 2025
• Adriana#366Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #366 vs #951 in 2025
• Emily#34“rival, emulator”^*
• Angel#546Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2002, with 3,100 babies; 551 in 2025
• Julia#131Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2001, with 8,838 babies; 2,172 in 2025
• Adrianna#872Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #294 in 2015, #872 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Latin, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Quentin’s. Rank is US 2025.