Deforrest

Boys' name

Variant of Deforest

Deforrest has been given to 90 babies in the U.S. since 1916. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1917, with 10 recorded.

Babies named Deforrest, 1994

1 in 743,000

Deforrest over time, 1880–2025

Boys

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Deforrest: meaning, origin, and history

Variant of Deforest

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Deforrest means

Deforrest is a variant of Deforest.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Deforrest is used in English (Rare).

Another recorded pronunciation is /də.ˈfɔɹ.ɪst/ for Deforrest.

Meaning behind the documented name family

The name developed through Deforrest → Deforest → Forest. The family’s meaning is “forest”, recorded in English with the source elements forest.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Deforest.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 90 boys were recorded with the name Deforrest between 1916 and 1994. Its highest annual count was 10 in 1917; its best national rank was #2,593 in 1917.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Deforrest?

Deforrest had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1994, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1994: 1 in 743,000; 5 of 3,715,972 births
Among boys only: 1 in 386,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 1994: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 515,144 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Deforrest sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1994 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 515,144 children born in 1994 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Deforrest. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Deforrests were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Deforrest was born before 1925 — so the typical Deforrest is around 100 today.

Median birth year: 1925; About 100 years old
Biggest decade: 1910s; 34.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 16.7%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 26; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1910s — 34.4% of all recorded uses (31).

Is Deforrest rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1917 (10)
Years since peak: 108; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 22.8% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,593; 1917

Spellings of Deforrest

Deforrest is not the most common spelling — Forrest is, with 98.6% against Deforrest's 0.17%.

Forrest98.6%53,639
Deforest1.2%667
Deforrest0.17%90

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Deforrest by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,593; 1917
Peak year: 1917; 10 that year
First recorded: 1916
Last recorded: 1994
All-time count: 90
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Deforrest

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Deforest Marquest Harvest Honest Depriest Burnest Vernest Bernest Priest Markiest Defonta Orest Ahonest Ahnest Erenest Lapriest Everest Finest Quest Erniest Jaquest Markest Kwest Qwest

Sibling names for Deforrest

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Albina Nelle Orpha Antonette Harriette Winnifred Maurine Johnie

For a brother

Regis Meyer Rosario Lyman Winfield Granville Abe Isadore

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