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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |