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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Quest

Quest was the 2413th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 57 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1870th with 85 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,440 places. More babies were named Quest in the 2020s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#2,413 boys, down 505 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
57boys
Girls and boys
8% girls, 92% boys2021–2025
Peak year
202285 babies
Total since 1880
1,126babies recorded

Quest popularity since 1880

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GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025#16,699#2,413557
2020—#1,908—78
2010—#4,479—22
2000—#3,275—26
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How popular is Quest, counting every spelling?

Quest has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Quest?

57 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Quest (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Quest born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 147 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Quest.

Chance of another Quest in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inLouisianaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Quest?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Quest are alive today, with a median age of 8; half are between 4 and 18. That makes Quest a young name: most people with it are children.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Quest by state

How common Quest was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in Georgia (3.5×). In 40 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesIL0.02Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesIN0.03Ohio: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesOH0.04Pennsylvania: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesPA0.02New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesCA0.05Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesVA0.03Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesNC0.03South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesLA0.11Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.15 per 1,000 babiesGA0.15Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesTX0.02Florida: 0.03 per 1,000 babiesFL0.03
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Quest, boys, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Quest: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Quest, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Quest

How popular is the name Quest?

Quest was the 2413th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 57 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 1870th with 85 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 1,440 places. More babies were named Quest in the 2020s than in any other decade.

Is Quest a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 8% girls, 92% boys given the name Quest in the US.

Where is Quest most popular?

In 2021–2025, Quest was most common in Georgia (0.15 per 1,000 boys), followed by Louisiana and California.