Meaning not yet researched.
Forest: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 344 in 2025. Its best rank was #223 in 1898.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #223 in 1898; #750 in 2025. About 97% of babies named Forest in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#750 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 1898, at #223.
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Forest: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 344 boys in 2025. Peak: #223 in 1898 · most boys in one year: 375 (2022).
In 2025, 344 US boys were named Forest, making it the 750th most common boys’ name of the year, down 30 places from #720 in 2024. That is 21 fewer than the 365 boys named Forest in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #223, reached in 1898. The most boys given the name in a single year was 375, in 2022. For comparison, it was #1,309 in 2015 and #648 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Forest in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 30 babies with the name. In all, 18,377 US babies have been given the name, 3.2% of them girls and 97% boys. Its busiest decade was the 1920s, with 2,650 babies named Forest.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 2,920 US boys were named Forest; the busiest of those years was 2022, with 375. In 2025 that was about 1 in 4,965 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Forest ranked highest in New Hampshire in 2025, at #213 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Forrest (54,697 babies since 1880).
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Forest in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 26 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Hampshire | 6 | #213 | — |
| Maine | 6 | #215 | — |
| Oregon | 14 | #298 | — |
| Colorado | 18 | #354 | — |
| Washington | 20 | #370 | — |
| Utah | 10 | #448 | #580 |
| Oklahoma | 8 | #522 | — |
| Iowa | 6 | #525 | — |
| Wisconsin | 9 | #534 | — |
| Missouri | 9 | #608 | — |
| Tennessee | 12 | #609 | — |
| Ohio | 15 | #631 | #1,273 |
| Indiana | 10 | #640 | — |
| California | 43 | #647 | #1,096 |
| Pennsylvania | 13 | #678 | #875 |
| Massachusetts | 6 | #726 | — |
| North Carolina | 12 | #731 | #1,179 |
| Kentucky | 5 | #742 | — |
| Virginia | 9 | #757 | — |
| Texas | 24 | #986 | — |
| Michigan | 6 | #1,030 | #1,024 |
| Georgia | 7 | #1,139 | — |
| Florida | 10 | #1,216 | #925 |
| Illinois | 5 | #1,356 | — |
| New York | 6 | #1,633 | #1,919 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,531 | 344 | #750 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,245 | 365 | #720 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,446 | 350 | #746 |
| 2022 | 16 | #7,084 | 375 | #704 |
| 2021 | 13 | #8,182 | 361 | #718 |
| 2020 | 15 | #7,334 | 291 | #798 |
| 2019 | 17 | #6,818 | 243 | #905 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,777 | 212 | #979 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,532 | 201 | #1,008 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,948 | 178 | #1,102 |
| 2015 | 5 | #17,346 | 135 | #1,309 |
| 2014 | — | — | 132 | #1,325 |
| 2013 | — | — | 104 | #1,537 |
| 2012 | — | — | 76 | #1,898 |
| 2011 | — | — | 84 | #1,743 |
| 2010 | — | — | 83 | #1,785 |
| 2009 | — | — | 67 | #2,058 |
| 2008 | — | — | 79 | #1,844 |
| 2007 | — | — | 69 | #2,021 |
| 2006 | — | — | 47 | #2,551 |
| 2005 | — | — | 62 | #2,016 |
| 2004 | — | — | 55 | #2,142 |
| 2003 | — | — | 69 | #1,751 |
| 2002 | — | — | 67 | #1,728 |
| 2001 | — | — | 59 | #1,876 |
| 2000 | — | — | 83 | #1,481 |
| 1999 | — | — | 80 | #1,450 |
| 1998 | — | — | 110 | #1,135 |
| 1997 | — | — | 105 | #1,162 |
| 1996 | 8 | #9,871 | 115 | #1,060 |
| 1995 | 11 | #7,690 | 205 | #749 |
| 1994 | 27 | #3,927 | 252 | #655 |
| 1993 | 12 | #7,177 | 207 | #721 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,981 | 165 | #817 |
| 1991 | 9 | #8,830 | 131 | #925 |
| 1990 | — | — | 97 | #1,084 |
| 1989 | — | — | 92 | #1,105 |
| 1988 | — | — | 82 | #1,101 |
| 1987 | — | — | 86 | #1,028 |
| 1986 | — | — | 80 | #1,046 |
| 1985 | — | — | 48 | #1,419 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,504 | 70 | #1,070 |
| 1983 | — | — | 71 | #1,054 |
| 1982 | 5 | #11,019 | 72 | #1,077 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,926 | 83 | #996 |
| 1980 | 6 | #9,451 | 103 | #884 |
| 1979 | — | — | 80 | #995 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,885 | 68 | #1,057 |
| 1977 | — | — | 86 | #915 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,474 | 81 | #931 |
| 1975 | 7 | #7,399 | 76 | #942 |
| 1974 | 5 | #9,197 | 87 | #858 |
| 1973 | — | — | 57 | #1,078 |
| 1972 | — | — | 64 | #1,009 |
| 1971 | — | — | 87 | #876 |
| 1970 | — | — | 72 | #943 |
| 1969 | — | — | 50 | #1,102 |
| 1968 | — | — | 78 | #831 |
| 1967 | — | — | 60 | #936 |
| 1966 | — | — | 74 | #846 |
| 1965 | — | — | 87 | #799 |
| 1964 | — | — | 82 | #843 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,934 | 84 | #828 |
| 1962 | — | — | 88 | #811 |
| 1961 | — | — | 86 | #828 |
| 1960 | — | — | 90 | #807 |
| 1959 | — | — | 91 | #802 |
| 1958 | — | — | 112 | #712 |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,379 | 107 | #724 |
| 1956 | — | — | 93 | #765 |
| 1955 | — | — | 104 | #717 |
| 1954 | — | — | 103 | #715 |
| 1953 | — | — | 112 | #678 |
| 1952 | — | — | 98 | #710 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,153 | 102 | #693 |
| 1950 | — | — | 115 | #648 |
| 1949 | — | — | 134 | #583 |
| 1948 | — | — | 108 | #655 |
| 1947 | — | — | 164 | #528 |
| 1946 | — | — | 100 | #643 |
| 1945 | 5 | #4,774 | 111 | #577 |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,797 | 139 | #513 |
| 1943 | — | — | 128 | #560 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,870 | 127 | #545 |
| 1941 | — | — | 141 | #491 |
| 1940 | — | — | 124 | #521 |
| 1939 | — | — | 125 | #507 |
| 1938 | — | — | 110 | #555 |
| 1937 | — | — | 143 | #472 |
| 1936 | — | — | 119 | #519 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,445 | 129 | #506 |
| 1934 | 11 | #2,625 | 137 | #491 |
| 1933 | — | — | 171 | #415 |
| 1932 | — | — | 155 | #458 |
| 1931 | — | — | 198 | #402 |
| 1930 | — | — | 206 | #409 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,254 | 222 | #390 |
| 1928 | 14 | #2,428 | 242 | #376 |
| 1927 | 12 | #2,764 | 229 | #395 |
| 1926 | 7 | #4,025 | 235 | #382 |
| 1925 | 11 | #3,006 | 251 | #376 |
| 1924 | — | — | 269 | #366 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,595 | 270 | #362 |
| 1922 | 12 | #2,850 | 299 | #341 |
| 1921 | 11 | #3,010 | 253 | #380 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,429 | 292 | #343 |
| 1919 | 14 | #2,428 | 296 | #326 |
| 1918 | 14 | #2,424 | 316 | #320 |
| 1917 | 13 | #2,465 | 286 | #320 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,721 | 300 | #299 |
| 1915 | 10 | #2,779 | 252 | #333 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,325 | 228 | #299 |
| 1913 | 11 | #1,945 | 176 | #300 |
| 1912 | — | — | 121 | #343 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,581 | 85 | #287 |
| 1910 | 5 | #2,548 | 65 | #304 |
| 1909 | — | — | 47 | #341 |
| 1908 | — | — | 50 | #312 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,908 | 61 | #269 |
| 1906 | — | — | 58 | #260 |
| 1905 | 5 | #2,051 | 56 | #264 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,739 | 65 | #235 |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,899 | 47 | #270 |
| 1902 | — | — | 59 | #238 |
| 1901 | — | — | 45 | #256 |
| 1900 | — | — | 53 | #285 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,694 | 38 | #283 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,582 | 62 | #223 |
| 1897 | 15 | #838 | 50 | #246 |
| 1896 | 8 | #1,245 | 50 | #258 |
| 1895 | — | — | 52 | #249 |
| 1894 | 5 | #1,567 | 32 | #310 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,337 | 59 | #223 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,534 | 49 | #254 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,043 | 41 | #249 |
| 1890 | 10 | #890 | 37 | #285 |
| 1889 | — | — | 24 | #363 |
| 1888 | — | — | 36 | #298 |
| 1887 | — | — | 28 | #313 |
| 1886 | — | — | 44 | #257 |
| 1885 | — | — | 30 | #310 |
| 1884 | — | — | 33 | #302 |
| 1883 | — | — | 28 | #312 |
| 1882 | — | — | 27 | #335 |
| 1881 | — | — | 18 | #401 |
| 1880 | — | — | 30 | #308 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).