Recorded 1998–2000 Boys' name Peak 2000 16 births

Quess — boys' name

16 babies named Quess in U.S. Social Security records since 1998, with the highest year being 2000. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s102000s6
1990s
Peak decade

63% of everyone ever named Quess was born in this single decade.

2000
Single peak year

6 babies were named Quess in 2000 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Quess

The Social Security Administration has registered 16 babies named Quess between 1998 and 2000, spanning 3 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Quess currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2000. The name reached its historical peak in 2000, when 6 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Quess performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 10 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Quess shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Quess in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 16 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Quess at a glance

Last recorded 2000

Total births

16

Since 1998

3 years of records

Peak year

2000

6 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2000

Active since

1998

Recorded for 3 years

Last year on file: 2000

Quess popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–1998

Last recorded 2000
Peak year (2000)
6
Annual births at peak — across 3 years of records
4.555.566.5 200019991998 5

Quess by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
10 births that decade — 63% of Quess's all-time total
1990s102000s6

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Quess?
16 babies have been named Quess since 1998. It was last recorded in 2000. The peak year was 2000 with 6 births.
When was Quess most popular?
Quess was most popular in the 1990s decade with 10 total births. The single peak year was 2000.
How long has the name Quess been used?
Quess has been recorded in Social Security data since 1998, spanning 3 years of data through 2000.
What names are similar to Quess?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Quentin, Quenton, Quest, Quenten, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1998–2000 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.