Forest
#8,362 for girls in 2025, 12 births · #750 for boys in 2025, 344 births
Given to boys 96.8% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1893 · 59 births
- Debut · boys
- 30 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 17,784since 1880
Forest over time
Rank among boys' names. Forest has never cracked the top 200 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 | #750 | 344 |
| 2024 | #6,167 | 19 | #720 | 365 |
| 2023 | #5,390 | 23 | #746 | 350 |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 | #703 | 375 |
| 2021 | #8,024 | 13 | #718 | 361 |
| 2020 | #7,212 | 15 | #796 | 291 |
| 2019 | #6,698 | 17 | #905 | 243 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 | #979 | 212 |
| 2017 | #9,341 | 11 | #1,007 | 201 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 | #1,102 | 178 |
| 2015 | #16,419 | 5 | #1,307 | 135 |
| 2014 | — | #1,321 | 132 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,537 | 104 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,891 | 76 | |
| 2011 | — | #1,738 | 84 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,778 | 83 | |
| 2009 | — | #2,050 | 67 | |
| 2008 | — | #1,838 | 79 | |
| 2007 | — | #2,016 | 69 | |
| 2006 | — | #2,542 | 47 | |
| 2005 | — | #2,008 | 62 | |
| 2004 | — | #2,131 | 55 | |
| 2003 | — | #1,749 | 69 | |
| 2002 | — | #1,723 | 67 | |
| 2001 | — | #1,871 | 59 | |
| 2000 | — | #1,479 | 83 | |
| 1999 | — | #1,449 | 80 | |
| 1998 | — | #1,133 | 110 | |
| 1997 | — | #1,161 | 105 | |
| 1996 | #9,581 | 8 | #1,060 | 115 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 | #749 | 205 |
| 1994 | #3,892 | 27 | #655 | 252 |
| 1993 | #7,038 | 12 | #719 | 207 |
| 1992 | #8,734 | 9 | #814 | 165 |
| 1991 | #8,588 | 9 | #920 | 131 |
| 1990 | — | #1,083 | 97 | |
| 1989 | — | #1,102 | 92 | |
| 1988 | — | #1,099 | 82 | |
| 1987 | — | #1,023 | 86 | |
| 1986 | — | #1,041 | 80 | |
| 1985 | — | #1,416 | 48 | |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #1,069 | 70 |
| 1983 | — | #1,049 | 71 | |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #1,072 | 72 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #995 | 83 |
| 1980 | #9,095 | 6 | #878 | 103 |
| 1979 | — | #991 | 80 | |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 | #1,057 | 68 |
| 1977 | — | #913 | 86 | |
| 1976 | #8,156 | 6 | #929 | 81 |
| 1975 | #7,173 | 7 | #938 | 76 |
| 1974 | #8,775 | 5 | #856 | 87 |
| 1973 | — | #1,074 | 57 | |
| 1972 | — | #1,007 | 64 | |
| 1971 | — | #873 | 87 | |
| 1970 | — | #940 | 72 | |
| 1969 | — | #1,097 | 50 | |
| 1968 | — | #829 | 78 | |
| 1967 | — | #931 | 60 | |
| 1966 | — | #845 | 74 | |
| 1965 | — | #796 | 87 | |
| 1964 | — | #839 | 82 | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #825 | 84 |
| 1962 | — | #808 | 88 | |
| 1961 | — | #825 | 86 | |
| 1960 | — | #804 | 90 | |
| 1959 | — | #801 | 91 | |
| 1958 | — | #712 | 112 | |
| 1957 | #6,086 | 5 | #722 | 107 |
| 1956 | — | #762 | 93 | |
| 1955 | — | #715 | 104 | |
| 1954 | — | #714 | 103 | |
| 1953 | — | #678 | 112 | |
| 1952 | — | #709 | 98 | |
| 1951 | #4,011 | 8 | #693 | 102 |
| 1950 | — | #648 | 115 | |
| 1949 | — | #580 | 134 | |
| 1948 | — | #655 | 108 | |
| 1947 | — | #528 | 164 | |
| 1946 | — | #642 | 100 | |
| 1945 | #4,556 | 5 | #577 | 111 |
| 1944 | #4,574 | 5 | #513 | 139 |
| 1943 | — | #559 | 128 | |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #543 | 127 |
| 1941 | — | #491 | 141 | |
| 1940 | — | #521 | 124 | |
| 1939 | — | #506 | 125 | |
| 1938 | — | #551 | 110 | |
| 1937 | — | #472 | 143 | |
| 1936 | — | #518 | 119 | |
| 1935 | #4,204 | 5 | #505 | 129 |
| 1934 | #2,567 | 11 | #490 | 137 |
| 1933 | — | #415 | 171 | |
| 1932 | — | #458 | 155 | |
| 1931 | — | #400 | 198 | |
| 1930 | — | #408 | 206 | |
| 1929 | #4,053 | 6 | #390 | 222 |
| 1928 | #2,381 | 14 | #376 | 242 |
| 1927 | #2,699 | 12 | #395 | 229 |
| 1926 | #3,873 | 7 | #382 | 235 |
| 1925 | #2,939 | 11 | #376 | 251 |
| 1924 | — | #366 | 269 | |
| 1923 | #4,376 | 6 | #362 | 270 |
| 1922 | #2,780 | 12 | #339 | 299 |
| 1921 | #2,941 | 11 | #380 | 253 |
| 1920 | #3,340 | 9 | #341 | 292 |
| 1919 | #2,384 | 14 | #326 | 296 |
| 1918 | #2,376 | 14 | #319 | 316 |
| 1917 | #2,428 | 13 | #319 | 286 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 | #299 | 300 |
| 1915 | #2,688 | 10 | #333 | 252 |
| 1914 | #2,265 | 10 | #299 | 228 |
| 1913 | #1,883 | 11 | #300 | 176 |
| 1912 | — | #342 | 121 | |
| 1911 | #1,545 | 10 | #286 | 85 |
| 1910 | #2,398 | 5 | #304 | 65 |
| 1909 | — | #339 | 47 | |
| 1908 | — | #310 | 50 | |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | #269 | 61 |
| 1906 | — | #260 | 58 | |
| 1905 | #1,931 | 5 | #264 | 56 |
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | #234 | 65 |
| 1903 | #1,792 | 5 | #269 | 47 |
| 1902 | — | #238 | 59 | |
| 1901 | — | #255 | 45 | |
| 1900 | — | #284 | 53 | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 | #281 | 38 |
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | #223 | 62 |
| 1897 | #826 | 15 | #244 | 50 |
| 1896 | #1,213 | 8 | #255 | 50 |
| 1895 | — | #249 | 52 | |
| 1894 | #1,485 | 5 | #308 | 32 |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 | #222 | 59 |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | #253 | 49 |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 | #248 | 41 |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 | #282 | 37 |
| 1889 | — | #360 | 24 | |
| 1888 | — | #297 | 36 | |
| 1887 | — | #311 | 28 | |
| 1886 | — | #256 | 44 | |
| 1885 | — | #307 | 30 | |
| 1884 | — | #301 | 33 | |
| 1883 | — | #309 | 28 | |
| 1882 | — | #332 | 27 | |
| 1881 | — | #395 | 18 | |
| 1880 | — | #305 | 30 | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1893 at #222 (59 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 111 yrs · run 1880–1968
- 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%)
- 14.4% of all boys named Forest (2,562) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 298 | #256 (1886) | #317 |
| 1890s | 470 | #222 (1893) | #257 |
| 1900s | 541 | #234 (1904) | #272 |
| 1910s | 2,125 | #286 (1911) | #313 |
| 1920s | 2,562 | #339 (1922) | #371 |
| 1930s | 1,493 | #400 (1931) | #472 |
| 1940s | 1,276 | #491 (1941) | #561 |
| 1950s | 1,037 | #648 (1950) | #715 |
| 1960s | 779 | #796 (1965) | #860 |
| 1970s | 758 | #856 (1974) | #958 |
| 1980s | 787 | #878 (1980) | #1,074 |
| 1990s | 1,467 | #655 (1994) | #974 |
| 2000s | 657 | #1,479 (2000) | #1,941 |
| 2010s | 1,448 | #905 (2019) | #1,357 |
| 2020s | 2,086 | #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 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 169,343 of them was named Forest, which outranked 31.1% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,564Wylodean8
- #3,564Zane8
- #3,564Zonia8
- #3,873Forest7
- #3,873Adalee7
- #3,873Adelita7
- #3,873Adrianne7
- #4,306Acie6
- #4,306Adamae6
- #4,306Ader6
Tied with 432 names at #3,873; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 4,726 of them was named Forest, which outranked 92.1% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #379Dudley237
- #379Earle237
- #379Marlin237
- #382Forest235
- #382Noah235
- #384Thaddeus234
- #385Basil232
- #386Jackson231
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.