Forrest
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · #374 for boys in 2025, 850 births
Given to boys 98.1% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1913 · 395 births
- Debut · boys
- 36 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 53,639since 1880
Forrest over time
Rank among boys' names. Forrest has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #8,362 | 12 | #374 | 850 |
| 2024 | #9,556 | 10 | #407 | 794 |
| 2023 | #5,752 | 21 | #424 | 746 |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 | #403 | 794 |
| 2021 | #8,978 | 11 | #414 | 745 |
| 2020 | #10,250 | 9 | #462 | 640 |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 | #492 | 583 |
| 2018 | #13,793 | 6 | #570 | 484 |
| 2017 | #10,689 | 9 | #593 | 460 |
| 2016 | #11,781 | 8 | #631 | 423 |
| 2015 | — | #660 | 391 | |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 | #713 | 338 |
| 2013 | #16,547 | 5 | #833 | 257 |
| 2012 | — | #1,180 | 154 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,126 | 161 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,143 | 162 | |
| 2009 | — | #1,112 | 166 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,334 | 129 | |
| 2007 | — | #1,237 | 142 | |
| 2006 | — | #1,149 | 147 | |
| 2005 | — | #1,093 | 151 | |
| 2004 | — | #1,034 | 158 | |
| 2003 | — | #877 | 195 | |
| 2002 | #15,432 | 5 | #855 | 194 |
| 2001 | — | #808 | 207 | |
| 2000 | — | #697 | 252 | |
| 1999 | — | #659 | 262 | |
| 1998 | — | #617 | 296 | |
| 1997 | #10,836 | 7 | #538 | 370 |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #489 | 431 |
| 1995 | #4,518 | 22 | #309 | 858 |
| 1994 | #3,038 | 38 | #217 | 1,343 |
| 1993 | #4,524 | 22 | #291 | 948 |
| 1992 | #5,051 | 19 | #316 | 832 |
| 1991 | #5,659 | 16 | #371 | 620 |
| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 | #421 | 542 |
| 1989 | — | #438 | 461 | |
| 1988 | #7,111 | 10 | #448 | 404 |
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | #457 | 377 |
| 1986 | #9,545 | 6 | #476 | 331 |
| 1985 | — | #491 | 310 | |
| 1984 | #8,153 | 7 | #496 | 288 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 | #473 | 313 |
| 1982 | #8,224 | 7 | #450 | 360 |
| 1981 | #7,409 | 8 | #470 | 312 |
| 1980 | — | #462 | 333 | |
| 1979 | #7,313 | 8 | #462 | 316 |
| 1978 | #8,562 | 6 | #447 | 317 |
| 1977 | — | #452 | 315 | |
| 1976 | — | #471 | 279 | |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #480 | 277 |
| 1974 | #6,258 | 8 | #475 | 280 |
| 1973 | — | #526 | 222 | |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #474 | 273 |
| 1971 | #6,619 | 7 | #457 | 316 |
| 1970 | #7,995 | 5 | #461 | 311 |
| 1969 | — | #458 | 277 | |
| 1968 | #7,016 | 5 | #447 | 296 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #436 | 302 |
| 1966 | — | #442 | 300 | |
| 1965 | — | #419 | 348 | |
| 1964 | — | #411 | 382 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #402 | 403 |
| 1962 | — | #379 | 452 | |
| 1961 | — | #381 | 429 | |
| 1960 | #4,437 | 9 | #395 | 400 |
| 1959 | #5,566 | 6 | #379 | 436 |
| 1958 | #4,890 | 7 | #384 | 413 |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #354 | 460 |
| 1956 | #3,910 | 10 | #351 | 441 |
| 1955 | #4,740 | 7 | #329 | 504 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #321 | 503 |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 | #325 | 476 |
| 1952 | #3,552 | 10 | #313 | 518 |
| 1951 | #3,284 | 11 | #312 | 501 |
| 1950 | #2,909 | 13 | #321 | 458 |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | #318 | 459 |
| 1948 | #3,883 | 8 | #321 | 432 |
| 1947 | — | #305 | 513 | |
| 1946 | #2,597 | 14 | #291 | 493 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 | #285 | 441 |
| 1944 | #2,762 | 11 | #275 | 467 |
| 1943 | #3,040 | 10 | #288 | 450 |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 | #300 | 412 |
| 1941 | #3,252 | 8 | #278 | 426 |
| 1940 | #2,963 | 9 | #278 | 407 |
| 1939 | #3,145 | 8 | #269 | 414 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 | #277 | 403 |
| 1937 | #3,800 | 6 | #263 | 420 |
| 1936 | #4,181 | 5 | #272 | 393 |
| 1935 | #2,926 | 9 | #264 | 422 |
| 1934 | #3,159 | 8 | #268 | 412 |
| 1933 | #3,753 | 6 | #245 | 454 |
| 1932 | #2,235 | 14 | #238 | 498 |
| 1931 | #2,427 | 12 | #243 | 473 |
| 1930 | #2,425 | 13 | #241 | 532 |
| 1929 | #2,011 | 17 | #211 | 602 |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 | #230 | 572 |
| 1927 | #3,053 | 10 | #219 | 610 |
| 1926 | #3,564 | 8 | #204 | 680 |
| 1925 | #4,973 | 5 | #212 | 648 |
| 1924 | #2,409 | 15 | #200 | 695 |
| 1923 | #1,944 | 20 | #186 | 758 |
| 1922 | #2,109 | 18 | #182 | 772 |
| 1921 | #1,988 | 20 | #180 | 781 |
| 1920 | #2,463 | 14 | #178 | 792 |
| 1919 | #2,264 | 15 | #185 | 686 |
| 1918 | #1,963 | 19 | #174 | 757 |
| 1917 | #2,204 | 15 | #183 | 663 |
| 1916 | #2,028 | 16 | #183 | 652 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | #176 | 643 |
| 1914 | #1,665 | 16 | #176 | 501 |
| 1913 | #1,601 | 14 | #173 | 395 |
| 1912 | #1,421 | 15 | #187 | 308 |
| 1911 | — | #198 | 152 | |
| 1910 | #1,634 | 9 | #229 | 103 |
| 1909 | #2,208 | 5 | #182 | 125 |
| 1908 | — | #196 | 105 | |
| 1907 | #945 | 16 | #187 | 115 |
| 1906 | — | #205 | 85 | |
| 1905 | — | #221 | 75 | |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | #197 | 89 |
| 1903 | #1,318 | 8 | #204 | 76 |
| 1902 | #1,594 | 6 | #183 | 91 |
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | #196 | 73 |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | #251 | 66 |
| 1899 | #1,181 | 8 | #174 | 83 |
| 1898 | #1,098 | 10 | #189 | 80 |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | #191 | 81 |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 | #186 | 87 |
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | #180 | 88 |
| 1894 | — | #237 | 53 | |
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 | #196 | 74 |
| 1892 | — | #246 | 52 | |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 | #204 | 59 |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 | #221 | 56 |
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 | #200 | 65 |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | #223 | 62 |
| 1887 | #1,147 | 5 | #276 | 34 |
| 1886 | — | #226 | 56 | |
| 1885 | — | #277 | 36 | |
| 1884 | — | #288 | 36 | |
| 1883 | — | #331 | 25 | |
| 1882 | — | #277 | 38 | |
| 1881 | — | #307 | 28 | |
| 1880 | — | #280 | 36 | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Forrest was already there! It came in at #280, and was given to 36 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1885, when fewer than 37 boys a year got the name.
Where Forrest is popular in 1951
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wyoming#126 · 1 in 669
- Idaho#185 · 1 in 1,166
- Maine#196 · 1 in 1,907
- Virginia#214 · 1 in 1,785
- North Carolina#220 · 1 in 1,652
Best ever in a state: #56 in Colorado, 1911.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wyoming | #126 | 5 | 1 in 669 |
| Idaho | #185 | 6 | 1 in 1,166 |
| Maine | #196 | 5 | 1 in 1,907 |
| Virginia | #214 | 22 | 1 in 1,785 |
| North Carolina | #220 | 32 | 1 in 1,652 |
| Oregon | #223 | 8 | 1 in 2,149 |
| Alabama | #224 | 21 | 1 in 1,842 |
| Kansas | #227 | 10 | 1 in 2,140 |
| Washington | #231 | 11 | 1 in 2,551 |
| Wisconsin | #231 | 11 | 1 in 3,840 |
| Massachusetts | #238 | 8 | 1 in 6,190 |
| Georgia | #239 | 21 | 1 in 2,139 |
| Indiana | #244 | 16 | 1 in 3,039 |
| Arkansas | #246 | 10 | 1 in 2,201 |
| Ohio | #246 | 28 | 1 in 3,490 |
| Illinois | #251 | 29 | 1 in 3,358 |
| Pennsylvania | #262 | 24 | 1 in 4,795 |
| Kentucky | #263 | 13 | 1 in 2,826 |
| New Mexico | #263 | 6 | 1 in 1,711 |
| Iowa | #267 | 8 | 1 in 3,946 |
| Arizona | #270 | 5 | 1 in 2,115 |
| Colorado | #270 | 6 | 1 in 2,846 |
| Oklahoma | #273 | 9 | 1 in 2,679 |
| Missouri | #278 | 11 | 1 in 4,024 |
| Michigan | #292 | 16 | 1 in 5,266 |
| New Jersey | #300 | 7 | 1 in 7,074 |
| California | #307 | 34 | 1 in 3,810 |
| Minnesota | #307 | 6 | 1 in 6,300 |
| Mississippi | #330 | 8 | 1 in 3,651 |
| Tennessee | #334 | 9 | 1 in 4,425 |
| Louisiana | #348 | 10 | 1 in 3,721 |
| Texas | #400 | 29 | 1 in 3,768 |
| Florida | #436 | 5 | 1 in 6,634 |
| New York | #516 | 10 | 1 in 15,822 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
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| Rhode Island | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| West Virginia | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Forrest
- 33 spots since 2024 (#407 → #374)
- 88 spots since 2020 (#462 → #374)
- 286 spots since 2015 (#660 → #374)
- Biggest jump: 347 spots in 2013 (#1,180 → #833)
- Biggest drop: 180 spots in 1996 (#309 → #489)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1913 at #173 (395 births)
- Births halved by 2002, 89 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 137 yrs · run 1880–2003
- Highest: 1 in 1,277 boys born in 1907 were named Forrest (0.08%)
- Latest: 1 in 2,010 boys born in 2025 (0.05%)
- Its best rank, #173 in 1913, was only 1 in 1,298 (0.08%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 12.9% of all boys named Forrest (6,910) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 416 | #200 (1889) | #269 |
| 1890s | 713 | #174 (1899) | #202 |
| 1900s | 900 | #182 (1909) | #202 |
| 1910s | 4,860 | #173 (1913) | #186 |
| 1920s | 6,910 | #178 (1920) | #200 |
| 1930s | 4,421 | #238 (1932) | #258 |
| 1940s | 4,500 | #275 (1944) | #294 |
| 1950s | 4,710 | #312 (1951) | #339 |
| 1960s | 3,589 | #379 (1962) | #417 |
| 1970s | 2,906 | #447 (1978) | #471 |
| 1980s | 3,489 | #438 (1989) | #466 |
| 1990s | 6,502 | #217 (1994) | #423 |
| 2000s | 1,741 | #697 (2000) | #1,020 |
| 2010s | 3,413 | #492 (2019) | #794 |
| 2020s | 4,569 | #374 (2025) | #414 |
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.
Forrest in 1951
Top girls' names in 1951
Top boys' names in 1951
More about 1951
girls
1,800,859 girls got a published name in 1951; 1 in 163,714 of them was named Forrest, which outranked 47.1% of the 6,213 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,106Willma12
- #3,106Wynell12
- #3,106Zula12
- #3,284Forrest11
- #3,284Aaron11
- #3,284Alise11
- #3,284Alona11
- #3,482Aleda10
- #3,482Aloma10
- #3,482Alton10
Tied with 197 names at #3,284; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,882,837 boys got a published name in 1951; 1 in 3,758 of them was named Forrest, which outranked 92.7% of the 4,253 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.