Names/Q

Quest

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Quest is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 70 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.

Rank in 2024
outside the top 1,000
Births in 2024
700.00% of boys
Peak year
202285 births
Best rank
never in the top 1,000
Since 1991
1,063people given the name
Babies named Quest, by year of birthboys
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The story in the numbers

1,009 boys have been named Quest in the United States since 1991, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2022, with 85 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2022, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2018, and the 2020s alone account for 39%.

It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 54 girls have also been given it, 5.1% of the total.

By decade

Decadeboys named Quest
1990s140
2000s145
2010s331
2020s393

In 2022, its biggest year

Quest was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 2022 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, James and Elijah. See all of 2022.

Names that rose and fell with Quest

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.