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How popular is “Forrest” in the USA?

Number of people named “Forrest” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Forrest” 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 “Forrest” by birth year

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

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

Bias in sex for “Forrest” by birth year

This chart shows how “Forrest” 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 36 0.000178674 36 -100%
1881 28 0.000145313 28 -100%
1882 38 0.000171532 38 -100%
1883 25 0.000115236 25 -100%
1884 36 0.000147868 36 -100%
1885 36 0.000149468 36 -100%
1886 56 0.000219336 56 -100%
1887 39 0.000157645 5 34 -74%
1888 68 0.000227065 6 62 -82%
1889 72 0.000249181 7 65 -81%
1890 66 0.000218977 10 56 -70%
1891 67 0.000233716 8 59 -76%
1892 52 0.000155514 52 -100%
1893 83 0.00025521 9 74 -78%
1894 53 0.000156485 53 -100%
1895 95 0.00027064 7 88 -85%
1896 95 0.000265746 8 87 -83%
1897 88 0.000253634 7 81 -84%
1898 90 0.000235939 10 80 -78%
1899 91 0.000268251 8 83 -82%
1900 72 0.000159908 6 66 -83%
1901 80 0.00023134 7 73 -82%
1902 97 0.000250819 6 91 -88%
1903 84 0.000220357 8 76 -81%
1904 95 0.000235449 6 89 -87%
1905 75 0.000176919 75 -100%
1906 85 0.000198389 85 -100%
1907 131 0.000281484 16 115 -76%
1908 105 0.000214878 105 -100%
1909 130 0.000254292 5 125 -92%
1910 112 0.000189602 9 103 -84%
1911 152 0.000235923 152 -100%
1912 323 0.000326903 15 308 -91%
1913 409 0.000359684 14 395 -93%
1914 517 0.000365024 16 501 -94%
1915 653 0.000356358 10 643 -97%
1916 668 0.000345324 16 652 -95%
1917 678 0.00033786 15 663 -96%
1918 776 0.000357421 19 757 -95%
1919 701 0.000332189 15 686 -96%
1920 806 0.000356221 14 792 -97%
1921 801 0.000343113 20 781 -95%
1922 790 0.000345105 18 772 -95%
1923 778 0.000337896 20 758 -95%
1924 710 0.000298118 15 695 -96%
1925 653 0.000279861 5 648 -98%
1926 688 0.000299664 8 680 -98%
1927 620 0.000267315 10 610 -97%
1928 586 0.000259184 14 572 -95%
1929 619 0.00028237 17 602 -95%
1930 545 0.000245132 13 532 -95%
1931 485 0.000230471 12 473 -95%
1932 512 0.000242506 14 498 -95%
1933 460 0.000230064 6 454 -97%
1934 420 0.000202233 8 412 -96%
1935 431 0.00020623 9 422 -96%
1936 398 0.000191569 5 393 -97%
1937 426 0.000199937 6 420 -97%
1938 412 0.000186208 9 403 -96%
1939 422 0.000191519 8 414 -96%
1940 416 0.000180659 9 407 -96%
1941 434 0.00017813 8 426 -96%
1942 423 0.000154842 11 412 -95%
1943 460 0.000162973 10 450 -96%
1944 477 0.000177318 11 466 -95%
1945 447 0.000168494 6 441 -97%
1946 507 0.00015867 14 493 -94%
1947 513 0.000142408 513 -100%
1948 440 0.000127443 8 432 -96%
1949 468 0.000134298 9 459 -96%
1950 471 0.000134442 13 458 -94%
1951 512 0.000138989 11 501 -96%
1952 528 0.00013902 10 518 -96%
1953 490 0.000127152 14 476 -94%
1954 508 0.000127615 5 503 -98%
1955 511 0.00012727 7 504 -97%
1956 451 0.000109385 10 441 -96%
1957 466 0.000110896 5 461 -98%
1958 419 0.000101357 7 412 -97%
1959 443 0.000106542 6 437 -97%
1960 408 0.000098223 9 399 -96%
1961 428 0.000103324 428 -100%
1962 452 0.000112009 452 -100%
1963 409 0.00010333 5 404 -98%
1964 382 0.000098261 382 -100%
1965 348 0.000095988 348 -100%
1966 300 0.000086315 300 -100%
1967 308 0.000090724 6 302 -96%
1968 301 0.000089095 5 296 -97%
1969 277 0.000079705 277 -100%
1970 316 0.000087619 5 311 -97%
1971 323 0.000094104 7 316 -96%
1972 279 0.000088769 6 273 -96%
1973 222 0.000073586 222 -100%
1974 288 0.000094737 8 280 -94%
1975 284 0.000094059 7 277 -95%
1976 279 0.000091949 279 -100%
1977 315 0.000099166 315 -100%
1978 323 0.000101769 6 317 -96%
1979 324 0.000097385 8 316 -95%
1980 333 0.000096676 333 -100%
1981 320 0.000092502 8 312 -95%
1982 367 0.000104619 7 360 -96%
1983 323 0.000093263 10 313 -94%
1984 295 0.000084557 7 288 -95%
1985 310 0.000086856 310 -100%
1986 337 0.000094741 6 331 -96%
1987 382 0.000105946 5 377 -97%
1988 414 0.000112042 10 404 -95%
1989 461 0.000119913 461 -100%
1990 547 0.000138394 5 542 -98%
1991 636 0.000163275 16 620 -95%
1992 851 0.000221541 19 832 -96%
1993 970 0.000257275 22 948 -95%
1994 1381 0.000371471 38 1343 -94%
1995 880 0.000240296 22 858 -95%
1996 439 0.000120366 8 431 -96%
1997 377 0.000103979 7 370 -96%
1998 296 0.000080474 296 -100%
1999 262 0.000070928 262 -100%
2000 252 0.000066668 252 -100%
2001 207 0.000055297 207 -100%
2002 199 0.000053233 5 194 -95%
2003 195 0.000051284 195 -100%
2004 158 0.000041351 158 -100%
2005 151 0.000039273 151 -100%
2006 147 0.000037157 147 -100%
2007 142 0.000035521 142 -100%
2008 129 0.000032819 129 -100%
2009 166 0.000043454 166 -100%
2010 162 0.000043834 162 -100%
2011 161 0.000044016 161 -100%
2012 154 0.000042107 154 -100%
2013 262 0.000071866 5 257 -96%
2014 344 0.000092813 6 338 -97%
2015 391 0.00010565 391 -100%
2016 431 0.00011748 8 423 -96%
2017 469 0.000131145 9 460 -96%
2018 489 0.000139083 6 483 -98%
2019 588 0.000169407 5 583 -98%
2020 648 0.000193978 9 639 -97%
2021 756 0.000223144 11 745 -97%
2022 810 0.000239423 16 794 -96%
2023 765 0.000231034 21 744 -95%
2024 798 0.000239748 10 788 -97%

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