NameTides

Forest

Forest was the #750 boys' name in the US in 2025 (344 babies), and #856 in England & Wales and #1,083 in Canada.

Forest as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Canada
Forest as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.75118801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Forest as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.250.50.7511880192019602000
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 & WalesScotlandCanada
2025#750 (344)#856 (37)—#1,083 (23)
2024#720 (365)#773 (44)#535 (5)#927 (27)
2023#746 (350)#550 (69)—#911 (26)
2022#703 (375)#688 (49)#703 (3)#695 (37)
2021#718 (361)#584 (65)#720 (3)#833 (30)
2020#796 (291)#745 (43)#536 (5)#761 (32)
2019#905 (243)#1,030 (27)—#973 (23)
2018#979 (212)#1,610 (15)—#732 (34)
2017#1,007 (201)#1,339 (19)—#908 (25)
2016#1,102 (178)#1,498 (17)—#1,234 (16)
2015#1,307 (135)#2,020 (11)—#978 (22)
2014#1,321 (132)#2,690 (7)—#1,107 (18)
2013#1,537 (104)#2,216 (9)—#1,380 (13)
2012#1,891 (76)#2,270 (9)—#1,552 (11)
2011#1,738 (84)——#2,125 (7)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1893 at #222.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 5,000 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.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 5,000uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 7,400uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 6,900uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Forest is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,900 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,600 to 1 in 5,200.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Forest by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #206MEWisconsin: #523WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #206NHWashington: #364WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #1,280ILMichigan: #999MINew York: #1,576NYMassachusetts: #690MAOregon: #295ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #621INOhio: #627OHPennsylvania: #662PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #643CAUtah: #441UTColorado: #346CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #597MOKentucky: #708KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #727VAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #592TNNorth Carolina: #718NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #504OKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,096GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #974TXFlorida: #1,191FL
Forest (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#1,1239

Forest (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
ForestCanadaBoys#1,08323
ForestEngland & WalesGirls#4,8674
ForestEngland & WalesBoys#85637
ForestNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
ForestNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
ForestScotlandBoys—too few
ForestUSGirls#8,36212
ForestUSBoys#750344