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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1887

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.

See the 105 recorded years as a table

Forrest, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
Year	Per million
1887	34
1888	34
1889	39
1890	53
1891	43
1893	42
1895	30
1896	34
1897	30
1898	39
1899	34
1900	20
1901	29
1902	23
1903	31
1904	22
1907	50
1909	14
1910	23
1912	27
1913	22
1914	21
1915	10
1916	15
1917	14
1918	16
1919	13
1920	12
1921	16
1922	15
1923	17
1924	12
1925	4
1926	7
1927	8
1928	12
1929	15
1930	12
1931	11
1932	13
1933	6
1934	8
1935	9
1936	5
1937	6
1938	8
1939	7
1940	8
1941	7
1942	8
1943	7
1944	8
1945	5
1946	9
1948	5
1949	5
1950	8
1951	6
1952	5
1953	7
1954	3
1955	4
1956	5
1957	2
1958	3
1959	3
1960	4
1963	3
1967	4
1968	3
1970	3
1971	4
1972	4
1974	5
1975	5
1978	4
1979	5
1981	5
1982	4
1983	6
1984	4
1986	3
1987	3
1988	6
1990	3
1991	9
1992	10
1993	12
1994	21
1995	13
1996	5
1997	4
2002	3
2013	3
2014	3
2016	5
2017	5
2018	4
2019	3
2020	6
2021	7
2022	10
2023	13
2024	6
2025	7

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Forrest isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

More like it

More like Forrest

The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025: 12
Rank in 2025: #8,362
How rare: 1 in 133,938 girls
Since 1887: 1,058

Most popular in 1890, at 53 per million girls born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Forrest doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.