Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Forrest

#481 most common boys' name of all time · #1,041 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among boys
#481
Rank overall
#1,041 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
54,697
Since 2016
6,626
Peak year
1994 #217
Best rank
#173 1913
Girls Boys peak 1,381/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Forrest 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 12 850 862 #374
2024 10 794 804 #407
2023 21 746 767 #424
2022 16 794 810 #403
2021 11 745 756 #414
2020 9 640 649 #462
2019 5 583 588 #492
2018 6 484 490 #570
2017 9 460 469 #593
2016 8 423 431 #631
2015 391 391 #660
2014 6 338 344 #713
2013 5 257 262 #834
2012 154 154 #1,180
2011 161 161 #1,126
2010 162 162 #1,143
2009 166 166 #1,113
2008 129 129 #1,334
2007 142 142 #1,238
2006 147 147 #1,149
2005 151 151 #1,094
2004 158 158 #1,034
2003 195 195 #877
2002 5 194 199 #855
2001 207 207 #808
2000 252 252 #698
1999 262 262 #660
1998 296 296 #618
1997 7 370 377 #538
1996 8 431 439 #489
1995 22 858 880 #309
1994 38 1,343 1,381 #217
1993 22 948 970 #292
1992 19 832 851 #316
1991 16 620 636 #371
1990 5 542 547 #421
1989 461 461 #438
1988 10 404 414 #448
1987 5 377 382 #457
1986 6 331 337 #477
1985 310 310 #491
1984 7 288 295 #496
1983 10 313 323 #473
1982 7 360 367 #450
1981 8 312 320 #470
1980 333 333 #462
1979 8 316 324 #462
1978 6 317 323 #447
1977 315 315 #452
1976 279 279 #471
1975 7 277 284 #480
1974 8 280 288 #475
1973 222 222 #526
1972 6 273 279 #474
1971 7 316 323 #458
1970 5 311 316 #461
1969 277 277 #458
1968 5 296 301 #447
1967 6 302 308 #436
1966 300 300 #442
1965 348 348 #419
1964 382 382 #411
1963 5 403 408 #402
1962 452 452 #379
1961 429 429 #381
1960 9 400 409 #396
1959 6 436 442 #379
1958 7 413 420 #384
1957 5 460 465 #354
1956 10 441 451 #351
1955 7 504 511 #329
1954 5 503 508 #321
1953 14 476 490 #325
1952 10 518 528 #313
1951 11 501 512 #312
1950 13 458 471 #321
1949 9 459 468 #318
1948 8 432 440 #322
1947 513 513 #305
1946 14 493 507 #291
1945 6 441 447 #285
1944 11 467 478 #275
1943 10 450 460 #288
1942 11 412 423 #300
1941 8 426 434 #278
1940 9 407 416 #278
1939 8 414 422 #269
1938 9 403 412 #277
1937 6 420 426 #263
1936 5 393 398 #272
1935 9 422 431 #264
1934 8 412 420 #268
1933 6 454 460 #245
1932 14 498 512 #238
1931 12 473 485 #243
1930 13 532 545 #241
1929 17 602 619 #211
1928 14 572 586 #230
1927 10 610 620 #219
1926 8 680 688 #204
1925 5 648 653 #212
1924 15 695 710 #200
1923 20 758 778 #186
1922 18 772 790 #182
1921 20 781 801 #180
1920 14 792 806 #178
1919 15 686 701 #185
1918 19 757 776 #175
1917 15 663 678 #183
1916 16 652 668 #183
1915 10 643 653 #176
1914 16 501 517 #176
1913 14 395 409 #173
1912 15 308 323 #187
1911 152 152 #200
1910 9 103 112 #232
1909 5 125 130 #182
1908 105 105 #197
1907 16 115 131 #187
1906 85 85 #210
1905 75 75 #221
1904 6 89 95 #197
1903 8 76 84 #205
1902 6 91 97 #184
1901 7 73 80 #196
1900 6 66 72 #252
1899 8 83 91 #176
1898 10 80 90 #189
1897 7 81 88 #191
1896 8 87 95 #189
1895 7 88 95 #181
1894 53 53 #237
1893 9 74 83 #196
1892 52 52 #246
1891 8 59 67 #205
1890 10 56 66 #222
1889 7 65 72 #202
1888 6 62 68 #225
1887 5 34 39 #280
1886 56 56 #227
1885 36 36 #279
1884 36 36 #290
1883 25 25 #332
1882 38 38 #279
1881 28 28 #308
1880 36 36 #280