Quest
Masculine · “a search”
Quest is given to both — 1,067 boys and 59 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Quest descends from the Latin quaerere — to seek — and the same verb gives question, inquire, conquer and require.
How old is the name Quest?
Quest first appears in US birth records in 1991 — 34 years ago. The typical Quest is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 1,100 people named Quest are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Quest most popular?
Quest peaked in 2022, reaching #1861 nationally. Today it ranks #2390, 529 places below that high. See the whole 2022 chart.
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Where it comes from
From quaerere to Quest
The story of Quest
Quaerere gave medieval romance the quest — a knight's search, usually for the Grail — and gave English a whole family of words about asking and getting. Quest entered American given-name use recently among the word-names and appears in the registers in current use.
Meaning
a search, a seeking
From the Old French queste, from the Latin quaesita, from quaerere, 'to seek' or 'to ask'. The same verb gives question, inquire, acquire, require and conquer. The etymology is documented and the family unusually large.
How the name formed
- quaerere
- queste
- quest
- Quest
Related forms: Quête · Quaesita
Pronouncing Quest
KWEST
One syllable. It is a homophone of the ordinary English noun.
Nicknames for Quest
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1991
- Most boys named
- 202285 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1861reached in 2022
- Change vs 2024
- −18.6%57 in 2025, from 70
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Quest in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Quête in French — related form
- Quaesita in Latin — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Georgia.
Quests among us
people named Quest are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 29,966 born in 2025 was named Quest
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Ladell test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Quest's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ladell climbed just as high around 1969, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ladell's path sketches the road Quest is walking now.
Quest sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Quest is headed
Quest should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Quest beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Quest in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- That question, conquer and require all come from one verb is a first-rate etymology.
- The seeking meaning is transparent and appealing.
- One syllable, sharp, and never mispronounced.
- It is an ordinary English noun and reads as one.
- It is very new as a given name.
- It is very short and can be swallowed by a long surname.
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Masculine · #2390 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Quests are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,100 people named Quest are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Quest in 2025?
- Quest ranks #2390 among US boy names in 2025, with 57 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Quest?
- About 1 in every 29,966 US boys born in 2025 was named Quest — 57 in all.
- Will my child share the name Quest with classmates?
- Quest will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Quest
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