Boy
Forrest
The name Forrest carries the meaning "woodland, forest". It has faded some since the 1920s without dropping off entirely. These days, it is neither rare nor overly common. Since 1900, roughly 47,733 babies in the U.S. have been given this name.
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EtymologyMeaning "woodland, forest"
Births by decade
1900s
954
1910s
4,989
1920s
7,051
1930s
4,511
1940s
4,582
1950s
4,798
1960s
3,610
1970s
2,955
1980s
3,540
1990s
6,640
2000s
1,745
2010s
2,358
Peaked in the 1920s · 47,733 total U.S. births since 1900