Deforest — boys' name

What the Data Says About Deforest

The Social Security Administration has registered 667 babies named Deforest between 1881 and 2001, spanning 121 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Deforest currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 26 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Deforest performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 174 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Deforest shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 82 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia. In total, SSA state-level files list Deforest in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Deforest in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 667 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.