Forrestine — girls' name
128 babies named Forrestine in U.S. Social Security records since 1916, with the highest year being 1951. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Forrestine was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Forrestine in 1951 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Forrestine
The Social Security Administration has registered 128 babies named Forrestine between 1916 and 1956, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Forrestine currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1956. The name reached its historical peak in 1951, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Forrestine performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Forrestine shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Forrestine 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 128 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.
Forrestine at a glance
Last recorded 1956Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Forrestine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1956–1916
- Peak year (1951)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1956.
128 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1951 with 10 births in a single year.
Forrestine by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 43 births that decade — 34% of Forrestine's all-time total
Forrestine decade highlights
- Peak decade 43 births
- Runner-up 31 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Forrestine's strongest decade
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1916–1956 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.