Boys' name · since 1918
Forester
Since 1918, U.S. Social Security records show 45 babies named Forester, peaking in 1932. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,888 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,156 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 45
- born since 1918
- 1950s
- peak decade
Forester currently ranks #12156 among boys' names in America, with 45 babies recorded since 1918.
Social Security Administration records show Forester recorded 45 times among boys since 1918, holding rank #12156 nationally today, ahead of 13% of boys, peaking in the 1950s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1918 to 2025.
- #22,888 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,156 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 45 born since 1918
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Forester ranks #22,888 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,156 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 45 born since 1918, peaking in the 1950s.
- #22,888 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,156 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 45
- born since 1918
- 1950s
- peak decade
Forester's 45 recorded births place it above 49.44% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Forester compares
45 16th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Forester's all-time total is 88% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Forester | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 45 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Forester's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Forester splits its recorded history at 1958: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1918 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1932 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Forester popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1918–2025
- Peak year (1932)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 108 years of records
Forester by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (11 births, 24% of the file).
1950s was Forester's strongest decade.
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 24% of all-time use.
Forester births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
5 births
- 1930s
1930s
7 births
- 1950s
1950s
11 births
- 2010s
2010s
6 births
- 2020s
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 11 births (24% of all-time use).
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What to do with Forester's data
- Forester's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (11 total births) through the 2020s (11) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Forester: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1932)
Similar record span (~107 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1918–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Forester draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.