girls:
530 births since 1995
#5186 (9th percentile)
boys:
75 births since 2013
#4511 (2nd percentile)
overall:
605 births since 1995
#7134 (8th percentile)
The name Forever is the #7,134 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 605 recorded births since 1995. This represents the 7.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 7.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,186 (9.2% percentile) for all time with 530 births since 1995. For boys, it ranks #4,511 (1.6% percentile) for all time with 75 births since 2013.
Forever first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1995 (1995 for girls and 2013 for boys). Birth data for Forever is available in 23 out of the 29 years between 1995 and 2023 (23 years for girls and 8 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Forever has been given predominantly to girls, with 87.6% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 73.3% of babies named Forever were girls.
For girls, Forever reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 4.2% percentile (ranked #918) with 25 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 25 births per million (ranked 4.2% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2012, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Forever ranks #919 for girls (3.0% percentile) with 19 births per million, which is 75.2% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Forever reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #908) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 11 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Despite a peak around 2019, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Forever ranks #904 for boys (0.8% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 58.4% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Forever".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Forever. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 63.9% confident that Forever is pronounced as fer-EH-ver, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is FAW-reh-ver, at 13.9% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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