Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Forest” in the USA?

Number of people named “Forest” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Forest” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Forest” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Forest” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Forest” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Forest” by birth year

This chart shows how “Forest” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 30 0.000148895 30 -100%
1881 18 0.000093415 18 -100%
1882 27 0.000121878 27 -100%
1883 28 0.000129064 28 -100%
1884 33 0.000135545 33 -100%
1885 30 0.000124557 30 -100%
1886 44 0.000172335 44 -100%
1887 28 0.000113181 28 -100%
1888 36 0.000120211 36 -100%
1889 24 0.000083061 24 -100%
1890 47 0.000155938 10 37 -57%
1891 49 0.000170926 8 41 -67%
1892 54 0.000161496 5 49 -81%
1893 65 0.000199863 6 59 -82%
1894 37 0.000109244 5 32 -73%
1895 52 0.00014814 52 -100%
1896 58 0.000162245 8 50 -72%
1897 65 0.000187343 15 50 -54%
1898 68 0.000178265 6 62 -82%
1899 43 0.000126756 5 38 -77%
1900 53 0.00011771 53 -100%
1901 45 0.000130129 45 -100%
1902 59 0.00015256 59 -100%
1903 52 0.000136411 5 47 -81%
1904 71 0.000175967 6 65 -83%
1905 61 0.000143894 5 56 -84%
1906 58 0.000135371 58 -100%
1907 67 0.000143965 6 61 -82%
1908 50 0.000102323 50 -100%
1909 47 0.000091936 47 -100%
1910 70 0.000118501 5 65 -86%
1911 95 0.000147452 10 85 -79%
1912 121 0.000122462 121 -100%
1913 187 0.000164452 11 176 -88%
1914 238 0.000168038 10 228 -92%
1915 262 0.00014298 10 252 -92%
1916 311 0.000160772 11 300 -93%
1917 299 0.000148997 13 286 -91%
1918 330 0.000151996 14 316 -92%
1919 310 0.000146902 14 296 -91%
1920 301 0.00013303 9 292 -94%
1921 264 0.000113086 11 253 -92%
1922 311 0.000135858 12 299 -92%
1923 276 0.000119871 6 270 -96%
1924 269 0.000112949 269 -100%
1925 262 0.000112287 11 251 -92%
1926 242 0.000105405 7 235 -94%
1927 241 0.000103908 12 229 -90%
1928 256 0.000113227 14 242 -89%
1929 228 0.000104007 6 222 -95%
1930 206 0.000092656 206 -100%
1931 198 0.000094089 198 -100%
1932 155 0.000073415 155 -100%
1933 171 0.000085524 171 -100%
1934 148 0.000071263 11 137 -85%
1935 134 0.000064118 5 129 -93%
1936 119 0.000057278 119 -100%
1937 143 0.000067115 143 -100%
1938 110 0.000049716 110 -100%
1939 125 0.000056729 125 -100%
1940 124 0.00005385 124 -100%
1941 141 0.000057872 141 -100%
1942 132 0.000048319 5 127 -92%
1943 128 0.000045349 128 -100%
1944 144 0.00005353 5 139 -93%
1945 116 0.000043726 5 111 -91%
1946 100 0.000031296 100 -100%
1947 164 0.000045526 164 -100%
1948 108 0.000031282 108 -100%
1949 134 0.000038453 134 -100%
1950 115 0.000032826 115 -100%
1951 110 0.000029861 8 102 -85%
1952 98 0.000025803 98 -100%
1953 112 0.000029063 112 -100%
1954 103 0.000025875 103 -100%
1955 104 0.000025902 104 -100%
1956 93 0.000022556 93 -100%
1957 112 0.000026653 5 107 -91%
1958 112 0.000027093 112 -100%
1959 91 0.000021886 91 -100%
1960 90 0.000021667 90 -100%
1961 85 0.00002052 85 -100%
1962 88 0.000021807 88 -100%
1963 89 0.000022485 5 84 -89%
1964 82 0.000021093 82 -100%
1965 87 0.000023997 87 -100%
1966 74 0.000021291 74 -100%
1967 60 0.000017674 60 -100%
1968 78 0.000023088 78 -100%
1969 51 0.000014675 51 -100%
1970 72 0.000019964 72 -100%
1971 87 0.000025347 87 -100%
1972 64 0.000020363 64 -100%
1973 57 0.000018894 57 -100%
1974 92 0.000030263 5 87 -89%
1975 83 0.000027489 7 76 -83%
1976 87 0.000028672 6 81 -86%
1977 86 0.000027074 86 -100%
1978 75 0.00002363 7 68 -81%
1979 80 0.000024046 80 -100%
1980 109 0.000031645 6 103 -89%
1981 88 0.000025438 5 83 -89%
1982 77 0.00002195 5 72 -87%
1983 71 0.0000205 71 -100%
1984 76 0.000021784 6 70 -84%
1985 48 0.000013449 48 -100%
1986 80 0.00002249 80 -100%
1987 86 0.000023852 86 -100%
1988 82 0.000022192 82 -100%
1989 92 0.000023931 92 -100%
1990 97 0.000024542 97 -100%
1991 140 0.000035941 9 131 -87%
1992 174 0.000045297 9 165 -90%
1993 219 0.000058086 12 207 -89%
1994 279 0.000075047 27 252 -81%
1995 216 0.000058982 11 205 -90%
1996 123 0.000033725 8 115 -87%
1997 105 0.00002896 105 -100%
1998 110 0.000029906 110 -100%
1999 80 0.000021658 80 -100%
2000 83 0.000021958 83 -100%
2001 59 0.000015761 59 -100%
2002 67 0.000017923 67 -100%
2003 69 0.000018147 69 -100%
2004 55 0.000014394 55 -100%
2005 62 0.000016125 62 -100%
2006 47 0.00001188 47 -100%
2007 69 0.00001726 69 -100%
2008 79 0.000020098 79 -100%
2009 67 0.000017538 67 -100%
2010 83 0.000022458 83 -100%
2011 84 0.000022965 84 -100%
2012 76 0.00002078 76 -100%
2013 104 0.000028527 104 -100%
2014 132 0.000035614 132 -100%
2015 140 0.000037829 5 135 -93%
2016 184 0.000050154 6 178 -93%
2017 212 0.000059281 11 201 -90%
2018 220 0.000062573 8 212 -93%
2019 260 0.000074908 17 243 -87%
2020 304 0.000091002 15 289 -90%
2021 372 0.000109801 12 360 -94%
2022 391 0.000115573 16 375 -92%
2023 373 0.000112648 23 350 -88%
2024 380 0.000114166 19 361 -90%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Forest:

  1. Forde
  2. Fordham
  3. Fordie
  4. Fordyce
  5. Foreign
  6. Forest (this page)
  7. Forester
  8. Forestine
  9. Forestt
  10. Forever
  11. Forge