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How popular is the name Forrest?
Births per year, rank history and how many Forrests are alive today.
Forrest (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 474th in 2025 with 82 babies given the name. It has risen strongly over the past decade.
The Forrest you are most likely to meet is around 2 years old. Half of all Forrests born in England and Wales are between 3 and 9, and there are at least 760 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 Forrest - on average, only one in every 399 such rooms contains a Forrest.
How many babies are named Forrest each year?
Where does Forrest 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 Forrest most popular?
Forrest peaked in 2025, when 82 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Forrest?
At least 760 people named Forrest born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Forrest?
Most living Forrests are between 3 and 9; the most common age is about 2.
Is Forrest becoming more or less popular?
Rising: it has climbed strongly over the past decade.