Forrest

Where Forrest comes from

English surname, from the noun forest. Also adopted and translated from the word for "forest" in various other languages by settlers.
— Wiktionary's entry for Forrest
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #280 among boys — 36 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1913
    Peak, #173
    395 babies named Forrest — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1914
    Forrest Towns born
    American hurdler
  4. 1916
    Forrest J Ackerman born
    American collector of science fiction books and movie memorabilia
  5. 2002
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #855.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes
  • Forrest J Ackerman · American collector of science fiction books and movie memorabilia, 1916–2008
  • Forrest Towns · American hurdler, 1914–1991
  • Forrest Smithson · athletics competitor, 1884–1962
  • Forrest Griffin · American mixed martial artist, born 1979
  • Forrest Tucker · American actor, 1919–1986

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.