Forrest — #407 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Forrest

The Social Security Administration has registered 52,778 babies named Forrest between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Forrest currently holds the #407 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1994, when 1,343 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Forrest performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 6,910 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Forrest shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 4,133 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Forrest in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Forrest 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 52,778 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.