Quanah

girls:

40 births since 1962

#5676 (1st percentile)

boys:

192 births since 1973

#4394 (4th percentile)

overall:

232 births since 1962

#7507 (3rd percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Quanah is the #7,507 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 232 recorded births since 1962. This represents the 3.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,394 (4.1% percentile) for all time with 192 births since 1973. For girls, it ranks #5,676 (0.7% percentile) for all time with 40 births since 1962.

Quanah first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1962 (1962 for girls and 1973 for boys). Birth data for Quanah is available in 31 out of the 57 years between 1962 and 2018 (28 years for boys and 6 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

The name Quanah has been given predominantly to boys, with 82.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2018, 100.0% of babies named Quanah were boys. Interestingly, until around 1976, the name was more popular for girls (60.5% girls from 1962 to 1975), but since then it has been more commonly used for boys (91.2% boys from 1976 to 2018).

For boys, Quanah reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 1.1% percentile (ranked #649) with 7 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 7 births per million (ranked 1.1% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2018.

For girls, Quanah reached its peak popularity in 1975, achieving the 0.7% percentile (ranked #748) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 1975, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.7% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1993.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Quanah".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
40
Peak Births
10
Peak Year
1975
First Recorded
1962
Peak Percentile
0.7%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#748
Current Rank
Female statistics
Total Births
192
Peak Births
12
Peak Year
1976
First Recorded
1973
Peak Percentile
1.1%
Current Percentile
Peak Rank
#649
Current Rank
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Quanah

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Our model is 100.0% confident that Quanah is pronounced as KWAH-nuh, which has 2 syllables.

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KWAH-nuh (2 syllables)
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K W AA1 N AH0

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