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How popular is the name Forbes?
Births per year, rank history and how many Forbeses are alive today.
Forbes (male) last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2016 (ranked 4810th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. The name peaked in 1997, when 3 babies were given the name, the 2859th most popular that year. It was almost as popular in 2008, with 3 babies given the name that year.
The Forbes you are most likely to meet is around 10 years old. Half of all Forbeses born in England and Wales are between 11 and 29, and there are at least 81 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Forbes - on average, only one in every 3,741 such rooms contains a Forbes.
How many babies are named Forbes each year?
Where does Forbes rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Forbes most popular?
Forbes peaked in 1997, when 3 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Forbes?
At least 81 people named Forbes born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Forbes?
Most living Forbeses are between 11 and 29; the most common age is about 10.
Is Forbes becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.