Forest

#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · #750 for boys in 2025, 344 births
Given to boys 96.8% of the time

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Peak · boys
#222
1893 · 59 births
Debut · boys
1880
30 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
17,784
since 1880

Forest over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Forest has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201893peak #222, 1893boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,36212#750344
2024#6,16719#720365
2023#5,39023#746350
2022#6,98416#703375
2021#8,02413#718361
2020#7,21215#796291
2019#6,69817#905243
2018#11,4278#979212
2017#9,34111#1,007201
2016#14,3316#1,102178
2015#16,4195#1,307135
2014—#1,321132
2013—#1,537104
2012—#1,89176
2011—#1,73884
2010—#1,77883
2009—#2,05067
2008—#1,83879
2007—#2,01669
2006—#2,54247
2005—#2,00862
2004—#2,13155
2003—#1,74969
2002—#1,72367
2001—#1,87159
2000—#1,47983
1999—#1,44980
1998—#1,133110
1997—#1,161105
1996#9,5818#1,060115
1995#7,51411#749205
1994#3,89227#655252
1993#7,03812#719207
1992#8,7349#814165
1991#8,5889#920131
1990—#1,08397
1989—#1,10292
1988—#1,09982
1987—#1,02386
1986—#1,04180
1985—#1,41648
1984#9,1446#1,06970
1983—#1,04971
1982#10,5175#1,07272
1981#10,4115#99583
1980#9,0956#878103
1979—#99180
1978#7,6497#1,05768
1977—#91386
1976#8,1566#92981
1975#7,1737#93876
1974#8,7755#85687
1973—#1,07457
1972—#1,00764
1971—#87387
1970—#94072
1969—#1,09750
1968—#82978
1967—#93160
1966—#84574
1965—#79687
1964—#83982
1963#6,5925#82584
1962—#80888
1961—#82586
1960—#80490
1959—#80191
1958—#712112
1957#6,0865#722107
1956—#76293
1955—#715104
1954—#714103
1953—#678112
1952—#70998
1951#4,0118#693102
1950—#648115
1949—#580134
1948—#655108
1947—#528164
1946—#642100
1945#4,5565#577111
1944#4,5745#513139
1943—#559128
1942#4,6225#543127
1941—#491141
1940—#521124
1939—#506125
1938—#551110
1937—#472143
1936—#518119
1935#4,2045#505129
1934#2,56711#490137
1933—#415171
1932—#458155
1931—#400198
1930—#408206
1929#4,0536#390222
1928#2,38114#376242
1927#2,69912#395229
1926#3,8737#382235
1925#2,93911#376251
1924—#366269
1923#4,3766#362270
1922#2,78012#339299
1921#2,94111#380253
1920#3,3409#341292
1919#2,38414#326296
1918#2,37614#319316
1917#2,42813#319286
1916#2,65811#299300
1915#2,68810#333252
1914#2,26510#299228
1913#1,88311#300176
1912—#342121
1911#1,54510#28685
1910#2,3985#30465
1909—#33947
1908—#31050
1907#1,8216#26961
1906—#26058
1905#1,9315#26456
1904#1,6596#23465
1903#1,7925#26947
1902—#23859
1901—#25545
1900—#28453
1899#1,5965#28138
1898#1,5026#22362
1897#82615#24450
1896#1,2138#25550
1895—#24952
1894#1,4855#30832
1893#1,2776#22259
1892#1,4505#25349
1891#1,0068#24841
1890#87210#28237
1889—#36024
1888—#29736
1887—#31128
1886—#25644
1885—#30730
1884—#30133
1883—#30928
1882—#33227
1881—#39518
1880—#30530
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Forest was already there! It came in at #305, and was given to 30 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1881–1882, when fewer than 28 boys a year got the name.

See more about Forest
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 30 spots since 2024 (#720 → #750)
  • 46 spots since 2020 (#796 → #750)
  • 557 spots since 2015 (#1,307 → #750)
  • Biggest jump: 218 spots in 1974 (#1,074 → #856)
  • Biggest drop: 311 spots in 1996 (#749 → #1,060)
Rise & fade · boys
13 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1893 at #222 (59 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 111 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 111 yrs · run 1880–1968
Share of babies · boys
1 in 1,904
  • Highest: 1 in 1,904 boys born in 1893 were named Forest (0.05%)
  • Latest: 1 in 4,965 boys born in 2025 (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 14.4% of all boys named Forest (2,562) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s298#256 (1886)#317
1890s470#222 (1893)#257
1900s541#234 (1904)#272
1910s2,125#286 (1911)#313
1920s2,562#339 (1922)#371
1930s1,493#400 (1931)#472
1940s1,276#491 (1941)#561
1950s1,037#648 (1950)#715
1960s779#796 (1965)#860
1970s758#856 (1974)#958
1980s787#878 (1980)#1,074
1990s1,467#655 (1994)#974
2000s657#1,479 (2000)#1,941
2010s1,448#905 (2019)#1,357
2020s2,086#703 (2022)#739

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.

Forest in 1893

girls
#1,277
6 births · 1 in 35,484 girls
boys
#222
59 births · 1 in 1,904 boys

Top girls' names in 1893

  1. #1Mary12,784
  2. #2Anna5,695
  3. #3Ruth3,658
  4. #4Margaret3,565
  5. #5Elizabeth3,360
  6. #6Helen3,249
  7. #7Florence3,231
  8. #8Ethel3,119
  9. #9Emma2,968
  10. #10Bertha2,623
  11. #1,277Forest6

Top boys' names in 1893

  1. #1John8,049
  2. #2William7,223
  3. #3James5,030
  4. #4George4,320
  5. #5Charles3,723
  6. #6Joseph2,997
  7. #7Frank2,917
  8. #8Robert2,563
  9. #9Edward2,309
  10. #10Harry2,245
  11. #222Forest59
More about 1893

girls

212,905 girls got a published name in 1893; 1 in 35,484 of them was named Forest, which outranked 22.7% of the 1,652 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Forest
  1. #1,175Versa7
  2. #1,175Victorine7
  3. #1,175Vista7
  4. #1,277Forest6
  5. #1,277Affie6
  6. #1,277Agness6
  7. #1,277Aida6
  8. #1,437Adel5
  9. #1,437Adelene5
  10. #1,437Ader5

Tied with 159 names at #1,277; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. ↑ 737Annabell#1,450 → #713
  2. ↑ 656Helma#1,450 → #794
  3. ↑ 634Claribel#1,278 → #644
  4. ↑ 624Jemima#1,450 → #826
  5. ↑ 616Buena#1,278 → #662
Fallers
  1. ↓ 641Ernest#796 → #1,437
  2. ↓ 576Orah#861 → #1,437
  3. ↓ 576Willia#861 → #1,437
  4. ↓ 551Jennette#726 → #1,277
  5. ↓ 515Velva#762 → #1,277

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

112,318 boys got a published name in 1893; 1 in 1,904 of them was named Forest, which outranked 81.2% of the 1,179 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 36.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Forest
  1. #219Pearl62
  2. #219Timothy62
  3. #221Leland60
  4. #222Forest59
  5. #222Bob59
  6. #224Nathaniel58
  7. #225Silas57
  8. #226Augustus56

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1892
Risers
  1. ↑ 675Lindsay#1,066 → #391
  2. ↑ 528Carrie#1,066 → #538
  3. ↑ 528Ansel#1,066 → #538
  4. ↑ 528Jule#1,066 → #538
  5. ↑ 528Sanders#1,066 → #538
Fallers
  1. ↓ 488Levy#547 → #1,035
  2. ↓ 438Bonnie#597 → #1,035
  3. ↓ 438Carson#597 → #1,035
  4. ↓ 394Coy#641 → #1,035
  5. ↓ 394Helmer#641 → #1,035

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1893 →