Hello, my name isGirlBoy
Forrest
Rank in 2024
#407
Born in 2024
788
Peak year
1994 · #217
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
RisingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 788 boys were named Forrest, about 1 in every 2,177.
- It peaked in 1994 with 1,343 babies, ranked #217.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 52,778 boys have been named Forrest since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Forrest per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 0.7Greatest1901–27
- 0.4Silent1928–45
- 0.2Boomers1946–64
- 0.2Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.3Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 11,430 babies, 0.68 per 1,000. Silent: 8,197 babies, 0.40 per 1,000. Boomers: 8,673 babies, 0.23 per 1,000. Gen X: 4,762 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Millennials: 8,730 babies, 0.29 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,146 babies, 0.10 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 6,645 babies, 0.31 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
English surname, from the noun forest. Also adopted and translated from the word for "forest" in various other languages by settlers.
- A male given name transferred from the surname.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Forrest, CC BY-SA 4.0.