Boys' name · since 1915
Forrester
116 babies named Forrester in U.S. Social Security records since 1915, with the highest year being 1994. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #16,422 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,789 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 116
- born since 1915
- 1990s
- peak decade
Forrester currently ranks #10789 among boys' names in America, with 116 babies recorded since 1915.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Forrester has been recorded 116 times among boys since 1915, currently ranked #10789 nationally and more common than 23% of boys, with its heaviest use in the 1990s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2025.
- #16,422 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #10,789 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 116 born since 1915
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Forrester ranks #16,422 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,789 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 116 born since 1915, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,422 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #10,789 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 116
- born since 1915
- 1990s
- peak decade
Forrester's 116 recorded births place it above 63.81% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Forrester compares
116 28th 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
Forrester's all-time total is 69% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Forrester | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 116 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 34 | 22,252 |
Forrester's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Forrester's full recorded timeline at 1994, 51% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 49% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1951, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1994 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Forrester popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2025
- Peak year (1994)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 111 years of records
Forrester by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (45 births, 39% of the file).
1990s was Forrester's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Forrester births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 12
1910s
12 births
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s
1990s
45 births
- 2000s 15
2000s
15 births
- 2010s 17
2010s
17 births
- 2020s 11
2020s
11 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 45 births (39% of all-time use).
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What to do with Forrester's data
- Forrester's decade-level peak was the 1990s (45 total births); usage has since declined to 11 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
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 Forrester: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1994)
Similar record span (~110 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, 1915–2025 (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 Forrester 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.