Forrest

Primarily a boy's name · 98% boys

Meaning

Forrest is a masculine given name. Notable persons with the name include: Forrest, born Forrest Thomas, American singer popular in the UK and Netherlands Forrest J.

From Wikipedia

Forrest first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1994 with 1,343 babies (rank #217 that year). In 2024 it was given to 788 boys (rank #407). The name has been rising over the last five years.

Numerology of Forrest

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Forrest yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

11Destiny numberThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
11Soul urgeThe visionary (master)Intuitive and inspirational — a heightened 2.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
9PersonalityThe humanitarianIdealistic, compassionate, thinks in big-picture terms.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

53,824

Total babies (all years)

145

Years in the data

1,343

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1880	36	#280
1881	28	#307
1882	38	#280
1883	25	#333
1884	36	#290
1885	36	#279
1886	56	#227
1887	34	#282
1888	62	#223
1889	65	#200
1890	56	#222
1891	59	#205
1892	52	#247
1893	74	#196
1894	53	#237
1895	88	#181
1896	87	#187
1897	81	#191
1898	80	#189
1899	83	#175
1900	66	#252
1901	73	#196
1902	91	#183
1903	76	#204
1904	89	#197
1905	75	#221
1906	85	#208
1907	115	#187
1908	105	#196
1909	125	#182
1910	103	#230
1911	152	#198
1912	308	#187
1913	395	#173
1914	501	#176
1915	643	#176
1916	652	#183
1917	663	#183
1918	757	#175
1919	686	#185
1920	792	#178
1921	781	#180
1922	772	#182
1923	758	#186
1924	695	#200
1925	648	#212
1926	680	#204
1927	610	#219
1928	572	#230
1929	602	#211
1930	532	#241
1931	473	#244
1932	498	#238
1933	454	#245
1934	412	#268
1935	422	#264
1936	393	#272
1937	420	#263
1938	403	#277
1939	414	#269
1940	407	#278
1941	426	#278
1942	412	#300
1943	450	#288
1944	466	#276
1945	441	#285
1946	493	#291
1947	513	#305
1948	432	#321
1949	459	#318
1950	458	#321
1951	501	#312
1952	518	#313
1953	476	#325
1954	503	#321
1955	504	#329
1956	441	#352
1957	461	#354
1958	412	#384
1959	437	#379
1960	399	#396
1961	428	#383
1962	452	#379
1963	404	#402
1964	382	#411
1965	348	#419
1966	300	#442
1967	302	#436
1968	296	#447
1969	277	#459
1970	311	#461
1971	316	#457
1972	273	#477
1973	222	#526
1974	280	#476
1975	277	#480
1976	279	#471
1977	315	#452
1978	317	#447
1979	316	#462
1980	333	#463
1981	312	#470
1982	360	#449
1983	313	#474
1984	288	#496
1985	310	#492
1986	331	#476
1987	377	#457
1988	404	#448
1989	461	#438
1990	542	#421
1991	620	#371
1992	832	#316
1993	948	#291
1994	1,343	#217
1995	858	#309
1996	431	#489
1997	370	#538
1998	296	#619
1999	262	#660
2000	252	#697
2001	207	#809
2002	194	#856
2003	195	#878
2004	158	#1,037
2005	151	#1,097
2006	147	#1,150
2007	142	#1,238
2008	129	#1,339
2009	166	#1,113
2010	162	#1,144
2011	161	#1,126
2012	154	#1,180
2013	257	#834
2014	338	#713
2015	391	#660
2016	423	#632
2017	460	#593
2018	483	#572
2019	583	#492
2020	639	#462
2021	745	#414
2022	794	#402
2023	744	#424
2024	788	#407