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Forest
Rank in 2024
#726
Born in 2024
361
Peak year
2022 · #702
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 361 boys were named Forest, about 1 in every 4,752.
- It peaked in 2022 with 375 babies, ranked #702.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 17,433 boys have been named Forest since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Forest per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.3Greatest1901–27
- 0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 4,711 babies, 0.28 per 1,000. Silent: 2,727 babies, 0.13 per 1,000. Boomers: 1,972 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Gen X: 1,211 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Millennials: 1,856 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,195 babies, 0.04 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,940 babies, 0.14 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
French surname, from Old French forest (“forest”). Compare Laforest and Deforest. Also an English and Scottish surname, variant of Forrest and related to the above.
- A male given name: Alternative form of Forrest.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Forest, CC BY-SA 4.0.