NameTides

Forbes

Forbes was the #8,910 boys' name in the US in 2025 (8 babies).

Forbes as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
Forbes as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020US
Forbes as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, ScotlandBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotland
2025#8,910 (8)——
2024#12,349 (5)—#727 (3)
2023#8,921 (8)—#728 (3)
2022#12,330 (5)——
2020#10,605 (6)——
2019#12,145 (5)—#609 (4)
2018#9,670 (7)—#704 (3)
2016—#4,810 (3)#355 (10)
2015#12,086 (5)#4,747 (3)#529 (5)
2014——#378 (9)
2013——#590 (4)
2012——#568 (4)
2009——#483 (5)
2008—#4,432 (3)—
2007——#501 (4)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1915 at #2,310.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1913.

How common is it?

about 1 in 200,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.