Forrest
Forrest is ranked 407th among boys in 2024 (788 births). Its best rank was 173rd, in 1913.
- Rank in 2024
- #407up 17 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 7880.05% of boys
- Peak year
- 19941,343 births
- Best rank
- #173in 1913
- Since 1880
- 53,824people given the name
The story in the numbers
52,778 boys have been named Forrest in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1994, with 1,343 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1957, and the 1920s alone account for 13%. It has spent 136 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
It is overwhelmingly a boy’s name: 1,046 girls have also been given it, 1.9% of the total.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Forrest | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 416 | |
| 1890s | 713 | |
| 1900s | 900 | |
| 1910s | 4,860 | |
| 1920s | 6,910 | |
| 1930s | 4,421 | |
| 1940s | 4,499 | |
| 1950s | 4,711 | |
| 1960s | 3,588 | |
| 1970s | 2,906 | |
| 1980s | 3,489 | |
| 1990s | 6,502 | |
| 2000s | 1,741 | |
| 2010s | 3,412 | |
| 2020s | 3,710 |
In 1994, its biggest year
Forrest was the 217th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1994 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and Tyler. See all of 1994.
Names that rose and fell with Forrest
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Harrispeak 1921
- Louiepeak 2024
- Basilpeak 1924
- Edwinpeak 1922
- Leonpeak 1924
- Everettepeak 1919
- Palmerpeak 2023
- Julespeak 1928
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.