Quentin

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Quentin: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Quentin: Recorded since 1966, with a gap of 11 years, it reached #85 in 1977, and it stood at #1,235 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
42times a registrar ranked it
59years from first to last
#85highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Quentin's record

Absent from every published list for 11 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Falling

among boys in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Boys rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#1168
1997	#1010
1998	#761
1999	#1383
2000	#1241
2001	#1379
2002	#1651
2003	#1326
2004	#1160
2005	#1456
2006	#2087
2007	#1756
2008	#1596
2009	#1568
2010	#2629
2011	#1398
2012	#1852
2013	#1404
2014	#1061
2015	#1279
2016	#1081
2017	#968
2018	#1455
2019	#952
2020	#1150
2021	#1184
2022	#1143
2023	#1610
2024	#1235

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Boys

Recorded in official data among boys in Republic of Ireland in 12 of the 54 years from 1966 to 2019.

In 2019: #764 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #952 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1966–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1966
First recorded at #229 among boys in Republic of Ireland in 1966 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1235 among boys in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Boys

Quentin appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, with 29 ranked years and 481 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Boys, from 1966.

Quentin across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Quentin's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#229 (1966)	#208 (1977)	#764 (2019)	12 of 54	49 (1966–2019)	10 (1977)
England and Wales · Boys	#1168 (1996)	#761 (1998)	#1235 (2024)	29 of 29	481 (1996–2024)	31 (2017)

Quentin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Quentin in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	55	4 of 10	14
2000s	116	10 of 10	12
2010s	203	10 of 10	20
2020sbusiest	107	5 of 10	21

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 21 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Quentin appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1966 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #85 in New Zealand in 1977.

Quentin's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	male	#1235	22	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	male	#1610	15	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	male	#1143	24	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#1184	23	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	male	#1150	23	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#952	30	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#1455	17	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	male	#968	31	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#1081	26	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#1279	20	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1061	26	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#1404	17	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1852	12	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1398	17	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#2629	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1568	14	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1596	13	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1756	11	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#2087	8	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#1456	13	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#1160	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	male	#1326	12	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	male	#1651	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#1379	10	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#1241	11	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	male	#1383	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	male	#761	21	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	male	#1010	14	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#1168	11	High	Verified
1977	New Zealand	male	#85	67	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	male	#764	3	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	male	#493	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	male	#506	3	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	male	#409	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	male	#280	5	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	male	#334	3	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	male	#330	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	male	#321	3	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	male	#283	4	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	male	#208	10	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	male	#290	4	High	Verified
1966	Republic of Ireland	male	#229	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1966 and 2024, ranked in 36 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #85, first reached in 1977.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 67 births, registered in New Zealand in 1977.

Its record falls into 6 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 11 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1977, and 30 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Quincy · #500, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Giuseppe · #85, 36y
Mervyn · #85, 37y
Majella · #78, 37y
Matilde · #76, 40y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Fintan · #85, 61y
Giuseppe · #85, 36y
Pearse · #85, 60y
Vilma · #85, 53y

Quentin was ranked #85 in New Zealand · Boys in 1977. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Quentin and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Quentin without appearing here.

Quentin moved ahead of

Graham Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1610 and #1533 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2024 that had become #1235 and #5119.
Brent Compare
In 2007 they stood at #1756 and #1756 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2008 that had become #1596 and #3687.
Graeme Compare
In 1999 they stood at #1383 and #1281 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2000 that had become #1241 and #2501.
Johannes Compare
In 2012 they stood at #1852 and #1313 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2013 that had become #1404 and #2660.

Moved ahead of Quentin

Kasper Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1456 and #1617 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #2087 and #1168.
Arlo Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1379 and #1949 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1651 and #848.
Theodor Compare
In 2011 they stood at #1398 and #1522 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2012 that had become #1852 and #1086.
Cooper Compare
In 2001 they stood at #1241 and #1425 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2002 that had become #1651 and #907.

Moved the opposite way to Quentin

Aaron Compare
Between 1966 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Quentin went from #229 to #764 while Aaron went from #171 to #33.
Adam Compare
Between 1966 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Quentin went from #229 to #764 while Adam went from #229 to #6.
Alexander Compare
Between 1966 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Quentin went from #229 to #764 while Alexander went from #114 to #36.
Benjamin Compare
Between 1966 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Quentin went from #229 to #764 while Benjamin went from #185 to #75.

Moved the same way as Quentin

Adrian Compare
Between 1966 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Quentin went from #229 to #764 and Adrian from #80 to #199.
Alan Compare
Between 1966 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Quentin went from #229 to #764 and Alan from #23 to #129.
Andrew Compare
Between 1966 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Quentin went from #229 to #764 and Andrew from #31 to #68.
Anthony Compare
Between 1966 and 2019 in Republic of Ireland · Boys, Quentin went from #229 to #764 and Anthony from #12 to #94.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1966 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #85 in New Zealand in 1977. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Quentin

Quentin at a glance

What stands out in Quentin's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Quentin across 2 official records

Quentin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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What stands out in Quentin's record

Quentin across 2 official records

Quentin by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Quentin appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Quentin

Quentin and the names beside it

Quentin moved ahead of

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