Forest Boy
How popular is Forest?
#750 boy name in 2025
344 baby boys were named Forest in the US in 2025, making it the 750th most popular boy name. Another 12 girls got the name (#8,360 for girls).
Forest popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #750 for boys (▼ 30 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 344 boys, 12 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising fast (+155% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,307 in 2015, #796 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (375 boys) |
| Highest rank | #222 in 1893 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 95% boys, 5% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.3% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Forest counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Forrest family of names ranked #287 for boys in 2025 (#295 the year before), with 1,194 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Forrest | 850 | 71% |
| Forest | 344 | 29% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Forest is most popular
Babies named Forest per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Oregon: 0.9 per 1,000 (69 boys)
- Maine: 0.6 per 1,000 (11 boys)
- Washington: 0.6 per 1,000 (92 boys)
- Wisconsin: 0.5 per 1,000 (60 boys)
- Colorado: 0.5 per 1,000 (65 boys)
Forest by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 298 | #256 |
| 1890s | 470 | #222 |
| 1900s | 541 | #234 |
| 1910s | 2,125 | #286 |
| 1920s | 2,562 | #339 |
| 1930s | 1,493 | #400 |
| 1940s | 1,276 | #491 |
| 1950s | 1,037 | #647 |
| 1960s | 779 | #796 |
| 1970s | 758 | #856 |
| 1980s | 787 | #878 |
| 1990s | 1,467 | #654 |
| 2000s | 657 | #1,475 |
| 2010s | 1,448 | #905 |
| 2020s | 2,086 | #703 |
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Questions
- Is Forest a boy or girl name?
- Forest is mostly a boy name. Over the last 10 years, 95% of babies named Forest were boys.
- How popular is the name Forest?
- 344 baby boys were named Forest in the US in 2025, making it the 750th most popular boy name. Another 12 girls got the name (#8,360 for girls).
- When was Forest most popular?
- Forest peaked in 2022, when 375 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #222 in 1893.
- How many people are named Forest?
- 18,377 babies have been named Forest in the US since 1880. We estimate about 9,563 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 31.
- Where is Forest most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Forest was most common in Oregon, at 0.9 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.