Forrest
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning woodland dweller; one from the forest.
How Forrest has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #660 |
| 2016 | #632 |
| 2017 | #593 |
| 2018 | #571 |
| 2019 | #492 |
| 2020 | #462 |
| 2021 | #414 |
| 2022 | #402 |
| 2023 | #427 |
| 2024 | #407 |
| 2025 | #374 |
Forrest by the numbers
In 2025, 82 babies in England and Wales were named Forrest. In the US, 463 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its American peak was 1,343 babies in 1994, making it a 1990s name.
At its height, in 1915, about 1 in 1,400 American babies born that year was called Forrest.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Forrest. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Forestwooded area; nature-inspired modern usage37 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a forest or wood
Like Forrest, each of these has a forest or wood in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Sawyerone who saws wood; woodcutter5,531 in the US (2017)
- Silasof the forest, woods3,309 in the US (2017)
- Kimberlyfrom the wood of the royal forest1,823 in the US (2017)
- Lennoxelm grove or from the place of the elms1,200 in the US (2017)
- Emberglowing piece of coal or wood192 in England and Wales (2025)
- Henleyhigh wood or clearing670 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Forrest
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