Forrest

girls:

1k births since 1887

#4685 (18th percentile)

boys:

52k births since 1880

#487 (89th percentile)

overall:

53k births since 1880

#1045 (87th percentile)

Popularity Trends

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

1880 2023 18802023

Key Statistics

Total Births
1,031
Peak Births
38
Peak Year
1994
First Recorded
1887
Peak Percentile
3.9%
Current Percentile
1.7%
Peak Rank
#259
Current Rank
#931
Female statistics
Total Births
51,977
Peak Births
1,343
Peak Year
1994
First Recorded
1880
Peak Percentile
72.3%
Current Percentile
57.0%
Peak Rank
#139
Current Rank
#392
Male statistics

How to Pronounce Forrest

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Forrest. Click the play button next to the name to hear the pronunciation spoken aloud.

Our model is 59.2% confident that Forrest is pronounced as FAW-ruhst. The next most likely pronunciation is FAW-rihst, at 32.7% confidence.

FAW-ruhst (2 syllables)
Verified
59.2% confidence
F AO1 R AH0 S T
FAW-rihst (2 syllables)
32.7% confidence
F AO1 R IH0 S T
FAW-rehst (2 syllables)
8.2% confidence
F AO1 R EH0 S T

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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

FAH-rihs (2 syllables)
3 names 3.1k births
F AA1 R IH0 S

Names with this pronunciation:

FUH-rihs (2 syllables)
1 name 3k births
F AH1 R IH0 S

Names with this pronunciation:

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.