Deforest
- Last seen for boys in 2001 at #10,556
- Peak · boys
- 1881 · 9 births
- Debut · boys
- 9 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 667since 1881
Deforest over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Deforest has never cracked the top 500 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | — | |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | — | |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | — | |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | — | |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | — | |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #10,556 | 5 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | — | |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
| 1994 | #6,372 | 8 |
| 1993 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #6,519 | 7 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | — | |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | — | |
| 1984 | — | |
| 1983 | — | |
| 1982 | — | |
| 1981 | — | |
| 1980 | — | |
| 1979 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | — | |
| 1977 | — | |
| 1976 | — | |
| 1975 | — | |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #4,441 | 6 |
| 1971 | #3,658 | 8 |
| 1970 | #3,836 | 7 |
| 1969 | — | |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | — | |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | — | |
| 1959 | — | |
| 1958 | #3,944 | 5 |
| 1957 | — | |
| 1956 | #3,535 | 6 |
| 1955 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,905 | 8 |
| 1952 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #2,662 | 9 |
| 1950 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #2,123 | 13 |
| 1948 | #2,788 | 8 |
| 1947 | #1,988 | 15 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,743 | 7 |
| 1944 | #2,195 | 11 |
| 1943 | #2,732 | 8 |
| 1942 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #3,505 | 5 |
| 1940 | #3,130 | 6 |
| 1939 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #2,868 | 7 |
| 1937 | #3,175 | 6 |
| 1936 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,757 | 16 |
| 1934 | #1,551 | 20 |
| 1933 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #1,995 | 14 |
| 1931 | #2,651 | 9 |
| 1930 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #1,793 | 18 |
| 1928 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1927 | #1,871 | 18 |
| 1926 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1925 | #2,193 | 14 |
| 1924 | #2,132 | 15 |
| 1923 | #2,224 | 14 |
| 1922 | #2,040 | 16 |
| 1921 | #1,549 | 24 |
| 1920 | #1,457 | 26 |
| 1919 | #1,481 | 24 |
| 1918 | #2,073 | 15 |
| 1917 | #1,479 | 23 |
| 1916 | #2,926 | 8 |
| 1915 | #1,660 | 18 |
| 1914 | #1,492 | 17 |
| 1913 | #1,580 | 12 |
| 1912 | #2,544 | 5 |
| 1911 | #1,740 | 5 |
| 1910 | — | |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,217 | 6 |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,064 | 6 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | #1,074 | 5 |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | #841 | 6 |
| 1890 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | #595 | 9 |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1881
The first year at least five boys were named Deforest! It came in at #595, and was given to 9 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Deforest is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Deforest in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2001
- Biggest jump: 43 spots in 1891
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1881 at #595 (9 births)
- Births halved by 1882, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 3 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 3 yrs · run 1890–1891
Share of babies · boys
1 in 11,193
- Highest: 1 in 11,193 boys born in 1881 were named Deforest (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 388,576 boys born in 2001 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
- 26.1% of all boys named Deforest (174) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 9 | #595 (1881) | #595 |
| 1890s | 17 | #841 (1891) | #933 |
| 1900s | 12 | #1,064 (1904) | #1,141 |
| 1910s | 127 | #1,479 (1917) | #1,886 |
| 1920s | 174 | #1,457 (1920) | #1,949 |
| 1930s | 94 | #1,551 (1934) | #2,572 |
| 1940s | 79 | #1,988 (1947) | #2,713 |
| 1950s | 48 | #2,662 (1951) | #3,261 |
| 1960s | 31 | #2,780 (1965) | #3,595 |
| 1970s | 37 | #3,658 (1971) | #4,621 |
| 1980s | 0 | — | — |
| 1990s | 34 | #6,372 (1994) | #7,051 |
| 2000s | 5 | #10,556 (2001) | #10,556 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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