Quinton

What Quinton means

Means “queen s town”

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

Source: Wiktionary, “Quinton” (revision 92188808), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Quinton?

US: Falling: down from #594 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #1279 in 2015, #1197 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1996, when 871 boys got the name (#302 that year). First in the US records in 1903.

How common

• About 1 in 7,268 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 11,331 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 KY (0.39 per 1,000 boys), CT (0.38 per 1,000 boys), IA (0.36 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Quinton is #973 in the US and #1197 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 Quinton 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

• Quintin83 US · 6 E&W
• Quinten65 US · 4 E&W
• Quinnton9 US
• Quinntin5 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.

If you like Quinton

Boys

• Kyle#508“narrows”^*
• Brandon#261“broom shrub + hill, dune”^*
• Mitchell#952Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1994, with 5,370 babies; 245 in 2025
• Bradley#403“broad + woodland”^*
• Marcus#258Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1984, with 5,996 babies; 1,341 in 2025
• Justin#233“just”^*

For a sister

• Miranda#654“admirable”^*
• Taylor#403From the word “tailor”^*
• Victoria#54“victory”^*
• Allison#103Form of Elon, meaning “oak tree”^*
• Kelsey#814Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #343 in 2015, #814 in 2025
• Shelby#649Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1991, with 10,220 babies; 444 in 2025

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