Forster — boys' name

What the Data Says About Forster

The Social Security Administration has registered 38 babies named Forster between 1920 and 1947, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Forster currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1947. The name reached its historical peak in 1938, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Forster performed strongest in the 1940s, accumulating 16 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Forster shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Kentucky, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Forster in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Forster 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 38 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.