Forest

girls:

561 births since 1890

#5155 (10th percentile)

boys:

17.1k births since 1880

#882 (81st percentile)

overall:

17.6k births since 1880

#1943 (75th percentile)

Popularity Trends

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Forest".

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births
561
Peak Births
27
Peak Year
1897
First Recorded
1890
Peak Percentile
3.1%
Current Percentile
1.9%
Peak Rank
#284
Current Rank
#929
Female statistics
Total Births
17,066
Peak Births
373
Peak Year
1916
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
46.5%
Current Percentile
35.4%
Peak Rank
#165
Current Rank
#589
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Forest

Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Forest. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 69.6% confident that Forest is pronounced as FAW-ruhst. The next most likely pronunciation is FAW-rihst, at 30.4% confidence.

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FAW-ruhst (2 syllables)
Verified
69.6% confidence
F AO1 R AH0 S T
FAW-rihst (2 syllables)
Verified
30.4% confidence
F AO1 R IH0 S T

Possible Additional Pronunciations

These are pronunciations that other similar names use, but which are not currently associated with Forest. If you think any of these are valid pronunciations for Forest, please vote using the thumbs up button.

FAW-rehst (2 syllables)
3 names 53k births
F AO1 R EH0 S T
FAH-rihs (2 syllables)
3 names 3.1k births
F AA1 R IH0 S

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like F AO1 R AH0 S T) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.