Forest
#856 most common boys' name of all time · #1,963 across all names · 97% male / 3% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#856
Rank overall
#1,963 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
18,377
Since 2016
3,060
Peak year
2022 #703
Best rank
#223 1893
Girls
Boys
peak 391/yr
Forest is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | 344 | 356 | #750 |
| 2024 | 19 | 365 | 384 | #720 |
| 2023 | 23 | 350 | 373 | #746 |
| 2022 | 16 | 375 | 391 | #703 |
| 2021 | 13 | 361 | 374 | #718 |
| 2020 | 15 | 291 | 306 | #796 |
| 2019 | 17 | 243 | 260 | #905 |
| 2018 | 8 | 212 | 220 | #979 |
| 2017 | 11 | 201 | 212 | #1,007 |
| 2016 | 6 | 178 | 184 | #1,102 |
| 2015 | 5 | 135 | 140 | #1,308 |
| 2014 | — | 132 | 132 | #1,321 |
| 2013 | — | 104 | 104 | #1,537 |
| 2012 | — | 76 | 76 | #1,891 |
| 2011 | — | 84 | 84 | #1,738 |
| 2010 | — | 83 | 83 | #1,779 |
| 2009 | — | 67 | 67 | #2,051 |
| 2008 | — | 79 | 79 | #1,838 |
| 2007 | — | 69 | 69 | #2,016 |
| 2006 | — | 47 | 47 | #2,542 |
| 2005 | — | 62 | 62 | #2,008 |
| 2004 | — | 55 | 55 | #2,131 |
| 2003 | — | 69 | 69 | #1,750 |
| 2002 | — | 67 | 67 | #1,724 |
| 2001 | — | 59 | 59 | #1,873 |
| 2000 | — | 83 | 83 | #1,479 |
| 1999 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,451 |
| 1998 | — | 110 | 110 | #1,134 |
| 1997 | — | 105 | 105 | #1,162 |
| 1996 | 8 | 115 | 123 | #1,061 |
| 1995 | 11 | 205 | 216 | #749 |
| 1994 | 27 | 252 | 279 | #655 |
| 1993 | 12 | 207 | 219 | #721 |
| 1992 | 9 | 165 | 174 | #816 |
| 1991 | 9 | 131 | 140 | #923 |
| 1990 | — | 97 | 97 | #1,083 |
| 1989 | — | 92 | 92 | #1,103 |
| 1988 | — | 82 | 82 | #1,100 |
| 1987 | — | 86 | 86 | #1,024 |
| 1986 | — | 80 | 80 | #1,042 |
| 1985 | — | 48 | 48 | #1,416 |
| 1984 | 6 | 70 | 76 | #1,069 |
| 1983 | — | 71 | 71 | #1,050 |
| 1982 | 5 | 72 | 77 | #1,073 |
| 1981 | 5 | 83 | 88 | #995 |
| 1980 | 6 | 103 | 109 | #878 |
| 1979 | — | 80 | 80 | #992 |
| 1978 | 7 | 68 | 75 | #1,057 |
| 1977 | — | 86 | 86 | #914 |
| 1976 | 6 | 81 | 87 | #929 |
| 1975 | 7 | 76 | 83 | #939 |
| 1974 | 5 | 87 | 92 | #856 |
| 1973 | — | 57 | 57 | #1,074 |
| 1972 | — | 64 | 64 | #1,008 |
| 1971 | — | 87 | 87 | #873 |
| 1970 | — | 72 | 72 | #941 |
| 1969 | — | 50 | 50 | #1,099 |
| 1968 | — | 78 | 78 | #830 |
| 1967 | — | 60 | 60 | #932 |
| 1966 | — | 74 | 74 | #845 |
| 1965 | — | 87 | 87 | #797 |
| 1964 | — | 82 | 82 | #840 |
| 1963 | 5 | 84 | 89 | #825 |
| 1962 | — | 88 | 88 | #810 |
| 1961 | — | 86 | 86 | #828 |
| 1960 | — | 90 | 90 | #805 |
| 1959 | — | 91 | 91 | #802 |
| 1958 | — | 112 | 112 | #713 |
| 1957 | 5 | 107 | 112 | #723 |
| 1956 | — | 93 | 93 | #763 |
| 1955 | — | 104 | 104 | #717 |
| 1954 | — | 103 | 103 | #714 |
| 1953 | — | 112 | 112 | #679 |
| 1952 | — | 98 | 98 | #710 |
| 1951 | 8 | 102 | 110 | #693 |
| 1950 | — | 115 | 115 | #648 |
| 1949 | — | 134 | 134 | #580 |
| 1948 | — | 108 | 108 | #655 |
| 1947 | — | 164 | 164 | #528 |
| 1946 | — | 100 | 100 | #643 |
| 1945 | 5 | 111 | 116 | #578 |
| 1944 | 5 | 139 | 144 | #513 |
| 1943 | — | 128 | 128 | #560 |
| 1942 | 5 | 127 | 132 | #543 |
| 1941 | — | 141 | 141 | #491 |
| 1940 | — | 124 | 124 | #521 |
| 1939 | — | 125 | 125 | #506 |
| 1938 | — | 110 | 110 | #554 |
| 1937 | — | 143 | 143 | #473 |
| 1936 | — | 119 | 119 | #519 |
| 1935 | 5 | 129 | 134 | #505 |
| 1934 | 11 | 137 | 148 | #490 |
| 1933 | — | 171 | 171 | #415 |
| 1932 | — | 155 | 155 | #458 |
| 1931 | — | 198 | 198 | #402 |
| 1930 | — | 206 | 206 | #408 |
| 1929 | 6 | 222 | 228 | #391 |
| 1928 | 14 | 242 | 256 | #376 |
| 1927 | 12 | 229 | 241 | #395 |
| 1926 | 7 | 235 | 242 | #383 |
| 1925 | 11 | 251 | 262 | #376 |
| 1924 | — | 269 | 269 | #366 |
| 1923 | 6 | 270 | 276 | #362 |
| 1922 | 12 | 299 | 311 | #339 |
| 1921 | 11 | 253 | 264 | #380 |
| 1920 | 9 | 292 | 301 | #342 |
| 1919 | 14 | 296 | 310 | #326 |
| 1918 | 14 | 316 | 330 | #319 |
| 1917 | 13 | 286 | 299 | #320 |
| 1916 | 11 | 300 | 311 | #300 |
| 1915 | 10 | 252 | 262 | #334 |
| 1914 | 10 | 228 | 238 | #299 |
| 1913 | 11 | 176 | 187 | #300 |
| 1912 | — | 121 | 121 | #343 |
| 1911 | 10 | 85 | 95 | #286 |
| 1910 | 5 | 65 | 70 | #306 |
| 1909 | — | 47 | 47 | #341 |
| 1908 | — | 50 | 50 | #312 |
| 1907 | 6 | 61 | 67 | #271 |
| 1906 | — | 58 | 58 | #260 |
| 1905 | 5 | 56 | 61 | #265 |
| 1904 | 6 | 65 | 71 | #236 |
| 1903 | 5 | 47 | 52 | #272 |
| 1902 | — | 59 | 59 | #240 |
| 1901 | — | 45 | 45 | #258 |
| 1900 | — | 53 | 53 | #285 |
| 1899 | 5 | 38 | 43 | #285 |
| 1898 | 6 | 62 | 68 | #223 |
| 1897 | 15 | 50 | 65 | #247 |
| 1896 | 8 | 50 | 58 | #255 |
| 1895 | — | 52 | 52 | #250 |
| 1894 | 5 | 32 | 37 | #316 |
| 1893 | 6 | 59 | 65 | #223 |
| 1892 | 5 | 49 | 54 | #256 |
| 1891 | 8 | 41 | 49 | #249 |
| 1890 | 10 | 37 | 47 | #286 |
| 1889 | — | 24 | 24 | #366 |
| 1888 | — | 36 | 36 | #299 |
| 1887 | — | 28 | 28 | #316 |
| 1886 | — | 44 | 44 | #257 |
| 1885 | — | 30 | 30 | #308 |
| 1884 | — | 33 | 33 | #303 |
| 1883 | — | 28 | 28 | #311 |
| 1882 | — | 27 | 27 | #338 |
| 1881 | — | 18 | 18 | #397 |
| 1880 | — | 30 | 30 | #309 |