Data through 2025

Forest name popularity in England and Wales

Forest ranked #856 for boys in 2025. ONS recorded 37 boys named Forest.

Rank#856

for boys in 2025

Boys recorded37

ONS

Peak year2023

69 recorded

Five-year change-14.0%

since 2020

Popularity over time

Forest for boys and girls

Girls

4

9.8% in 2025 · data from 1996 to 2025

Boys

37

90.2% in 2025 · data from 2005 to 2025

Forest in other countries and regions

Recent year-by-year data

The latest published years are shown first.

YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025boys37#856
2025girls4#4866
2024boys44#773
2024girls4#4843
2023boys69#550
2023girls6#3598
2022boys49#688
2022girls6#3533
2021boys65#584
2021girls5#3961
2020boys43#745
2020girls4#4535
Show full history (27 rows)
YearGroupRecorded countRank
2025boys37#856
2025girls4#4866
2024boys44#773
2024girls4#4843
2023boys69#550
2023girls6#3598
2022boys49#688
2022girls6#3533
2021boys65#584
2021girls5#3961
2020boys43#745
2020girls4#4535
2019boys27#1030
2019girls7#3151
2018boys15#1610
2018girls3#5666
2017boys19#1339
2017girls3#5765
2016boys17#1498
2015boys11#2020
2014boys7#2690
2013boys9#2216
2012boys9#2270
2009boys3#4527
2007boys4#3589
2005boys3#3849
1996girls3#3795

Data from Office for National Statistics · through 2025.

How Forest’s popularity has changed

Ten-year change+236.4%
Change since peak-46.4%