How Many People Are Named Quintessa?
An estimated 410 people in the United States have the first name Quintessa. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 31 years old, and Quintessa peaked in popularity in 1987 with 27 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Quintessa as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Quintessa paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
410
About 1 in 835,986 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
31
years old
Peak Year
1987
27 births
Total Registered
426
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Quintessa
Quintessa is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 426 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Quintessa as a female name
Ranked #10,095 in 2020
10 female births in 2020
Peak: 1987 (27 births)
Quintessa: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Quintessa span from the 1970s to the 2020s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1990s, when 143 babies were registered. Quintessa has declined significantly from its peak in the 1990s. Recent registrations are a fraction of what they were at the name's height.
Quintessa by Decade
How has Quintessa tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Quintessa by State
Quintessa + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Quintessa as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Quintessa
Other first names starting with Q with a similar number of bearers.
Quintessa: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Quintessa?
We estimate approximately 410 people named Quintessa are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 835,986 Americans share this first name.
Is Quintessa a common name?
Quintessa is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 82.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 426 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Quintessa most popular?
Quintessa reached peak popularity in 1987, when 27 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Quintessa is approximately 31 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Quintessa a female name?
Quintessa is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Quintessa Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Quintessa Smith, Quintessa Johnson, Quintessa Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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