Quest
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Quest is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “search, adventure”. In 2025 it ranked 2,390th for boys in the US (57 babies).
What does Quest mean?
English: English word, via Old French queste
“search, adventure”
From the English word for a search or adventure, ultimately from Latin quaerere, 'to seek'.
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Is Quest a girl's or a boy's name?
Quest is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls and 57 boys in the US.
How popular is Quest in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,390among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 57about 1 in 30,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 7% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 57 boys in the US were named Quest, making it the 2,390th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,895th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 85 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991. 5 girls were also named Quest in 2025 (14,937th for girls).
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Quest than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Quest in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Quest in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 57 | #2,390 |
| 2024 | 70 | #2,120 |
| 2023 | 84 | #1,875 |
| 2022 | 85 | #1,861 |
| 2021 | 76 | #1,963 |
| 2020 | 78 | #1,895 |
| 2019 | 70 | #2,061 |
| 2018 | 50 | #2,545 |
| 2017 | 46 | #2,671 |
| 2016 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 2015 | 28 | #3,774 |
| 2014 | 30 | #3,530 |
| 2013 | 19 | #4,801 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 22 | #4,365 |
| 2009 | 11 | #7,231 |
| 2008 | 11 | #7,182 |
| 2007 | 13 | #6,259 |
| 2006 | 15 | #5,521 |
| 2005 | 18 | #4,626 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 11 | #6,251 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 21 | #3,837 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 20 | #3,699 |
| 1998 | 30 | #2,708 |
| 1997 | 18 | #3,733 |
| 1996 | 21 | #3,287 |
| 1995 | 17 | #3,687 |
| 1994 | 11 | #5,103 |
| 1993 | 7 | #6,809 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
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