Girls' name · since 1916
Forrestine
Since 1916, U.S. Social Security records show 128 babies named Forrestine, peaking in 1951. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,394 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 128
- born since 1916
- 1950s
- peak decade
Forrestine is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 128 have been recorded since 1916.
Forrestine has 128 recorded births among girls since 1916, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1916 to 1956.
- #24,394 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 128 born since 1916
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Forrestine ranks #24,394 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 128 born since 1916, peaking in the 1950s.
- #24,394 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 128
- born since 1916
- 1950s
- peak decade
Forrestine's 128 recorded births place it above 66.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Forrestine's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Forrestine's SSA record in two at 1943 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1916, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1951 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Forrestine popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1916–1956
- Peak year (1951)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Forrestine by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (43 births, 34% of the file).
1950s was Forrestine's strongest decade.
43 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Forrestine births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 15
1910s
15 births
- 1920s 13
1920s
13 births
- 1930s
1930s
26 births
- 1940s
1940s
31 births
- 1950s
1950s
43 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 43 births (34% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Forrestine: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1951)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1916–1956 (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 Forrestine 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.