Forest
Boy · FORR-ist · English
Forest is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “forest, woodland”. In 2025 it ranked 916th for boys in the UK (37 babies) and 750th for boys in the US (344 babies).
What does Forest mean?
English: English word and surname
“forest, woodland”
From the English word, or the surname Forrest for someone who lived or worked in a royal forest.
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Is Forest a girl's or a boy's name?
Forest is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls and 37 boys in the UK and 12 girls and 344 boys in the US.
How popular is Forest in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #916among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 37about 1 in 8,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 71% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 37 boys in the UK were named Forest, making it the 916th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 751st. Its busiest year was 2023, with 71 boys. 4 girls were also named Forest in 2025 (4,935th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Forest than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Forest in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 125 boys in the UK were given Forest or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #381, up from #916 for this spelling alone.
- Forrest 88
- Forest 37
Among boys in 2025, it was 856th in England and Wales.
Forest in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 37 | #916 |
| 2024 | 49 | #769 |
| 2023 | 71 | #587 |
| 2022 | 52 | #722 |
| 2021 | 68 | #615 |
| 2020 | 48 | #751 |
| 2019 | 28 | #1,082 |
| 2018 | 16 | #1,638 |
| 2017 | 20 | #1,374 |
| 2016 | 17 | #1,591 |
| 2015 | 11 | #2,127 |
| 2014 | 7 | #2,843 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 9 | #2,382 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 4 | #3,748 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 2 | #3,734 |
How popular is Forest in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #750among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 344about 1 in 5,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 42% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 344 boys in the US were named Forest, making it the 750th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 796th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 375 boys. 12 girls were also named Forest in 2025 (8,360th for girls).
2025 had fewer boys named Forest than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Forest in the US since 1880 were born between 1923 and 1997, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,194 boys in the US were given Forest or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #295, up from #750 for this spelling alone.
- Forrest 850
- Forest 344
Forest in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 344 | #750 |
| 2024 | 365 | #720 |
| 2023 | 350 | #746 |
| 2022 | 375 | #703 |
| 2021 | 361 | #718 |
| 2020 | 291 | #796 |
| 2019 | 243 | #905 |
| 2018 | 212 | #979 |
| 2017 | 201 | #1,007 |
| 2016 | 178 | #1,102 |
| 2015 | 135 | #1,307 |
| 2014 | 132 | #1,321 |
| 2013 | 104 | #1,537 |
| 2012 | 76 | #1,890 |
| 2011 | 84 | #1,737 |
| 2010 | 83 | #1,777 |
| 2009 | 67 | #2,049 |
| 2008 | 79 | #1,838 |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,016 |
| 2006 | 47 | #2,541 |
| 2005 | 62 | #2,004 |
| 2004 | 55 | #2,127 |
| 2003 | 69 | #1,746 |
| 2002 | 67 | #1,720 |
| 2001 | 59 | #1,867 |
| 2000 | 83 | #1,475 |
| 1999 | 80 | #1,446 |
| 1998 | 110 | #1,130 |
| 1997 | 105 | #1,158 |
| 1996 | 115 | #1,058 |
| 1995 | 205 | #746 |
| 1994 | 252 | #654 |
| 1993 | 207 | #718 |
| 1992 | 165 | #812 |
| 1991 | 131 | #916 |
| 1990 | 97 | #1,079 |
| 1989 | 92 | #1,098 |
| 1988 | 82 | #1,097 |
| 1987 | 86 | #1,022 |
| 1986 | 80 | #1,040 |
| 1985 | 48 | #1,415 |
| 1984 | 70 | #1,068 |
| 1983 | 71 | #1,049 |
| 1982 | 72 | #1,072 |
| 1981 | 83 | #995 |
| 1980 | 103 | #878 |
| 1979 | 80 | #991 |
| 1978 | 68 | #1,057 |
| 1977 | 86 | #913 |
| 1976 | 81 | #929 |
| 1975 | 76 | #938 |
| 1974 | 87 | #856 |
| 1973 | 57 | #1,074 |
| 1972 | 64 | #1,007 |
| 1971 | 87 | #873 |
| 1970 | 72 | #940 |
| 1969 | 50 | #1,097 |
| 1968 | 78 | #829 |
| 1967 | 60 | #931 |
| 1966 | 74 | #845 |
| 1965 | 87 | #796 |
| 1964 | 82 | #839 |
| 1963 | 84 | #825 |
| 1962 | 88 | #807 |
| 1961 | 86 | #824 |
| 1960 | 90 | #803 |
| 1959 | 91 | #800 |
| 1958 | 112 | #711 |
| 1957 | 107 | #721 |
| 1956 | 93 | #761 |
| 1955 | 104 | #714 |
| 1954 | 103 | #713 |
| 1953 | 112 | #677 |
| 1952 | 98 | #708 |
| 1951 | 102 | #692 |
| 1950 | 115 | #647 |
| 1949 | 134 | #579 |
| 1948 | 108 | #654 |
| 1947 | 164 | #528 |
| 1946 | 100 | #642 |
| 1945 | 111 | #577 |
| 1944 | 139 | #513 |
| 1943 | 128 | #559 |
| 1942 | 127 | #543 |
| 1941 | 141 | #491 |
| 1940 | 124 | #521 |
| 1939 | 125 | #506 |
| 1938 | 110 | #551 |
| 1937 | 143 | #472 |
| 1936 | 119 | #518 |
| 1935 | 129 | #505 |
| 1934 | 137 | #490 |
| 1933 | 171 | #415 |
| 1932 | 155 | #458 |
| 1931 | 198 | #400 |
| 1930 | 206 | #408 |
| 1929 | 222 | #390 |
| 1928 | 242 | #376 |
| 1927 | 229 | #395 |
| 1926 | 235 | #382 |
| 1925 | 251 | #376 |
| 1924 | 269 | #366 |
| 1923 | 270 | #362 |
| 1922 | 299 | #339 |
| 1921 | 253 | #380 |
| 1920 | 292 | #341 |
| 1919 | 296 | #326 |
| 1918 | 316 | #319 |
| 1917 | 286 | #319 |
| 1916 | 300 | #299 |
| 1915 | 252 | #333 |
| 1914 | 228 | #299 |
| 1913 | 176 | #300 |
| 1912 | 121 | #342 |
| 1911 | 85 | #286 |
| 1910 | 65 | #304 |
| 1909 | 47 | #339 |
| 1908 | 50 | #310 |
| 1907 | 61 | #269 |
| 1906 | 58 | #260 |
| 1905 | 56 | #264 |
| 1904 | 65 | #234 |
| 1903 | 47 | #269 |
| 1902 | 59 | #238 |
| 1901 | 45 | #255 |
| 1900 | 53 | #284 |
| 1899 | 38 | #281 |
| 1898 | 62 | #223 |
| 1897 | 50 | #244 |
| 1896 | 50 | #255 |
| 1895 | 52 | #249 |
| 1894 | 32 | #308 |
| 1893 | 59 | #222 |
| 1892 | 49 | #253 |
| 1891 | 41 | #248 |
| 1890 | 37 | #282 |
| 1889 | 24 | #360 |
| 1888 | 36 | #297 |
| 1887 | 28 | #311 |
| 1886 | 44 | #256 |
| 1885 | 30 | #307 |
| 1884 | 33 | #301 |
| 1883 | 28 | #309 |
| 1882 | 27 | #332 |
| 1881 | 18 | #395 |
| 1880 | 30 | #305 |
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