Forbes
Rank in 2025
#8910
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
8
boys 8
Peak year
1915
11 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
242
since 1913
Born a Forbes? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Forbes was most popular in 1915, when 11 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). In 2025, 8 babies were named Forbes, ranking #8910 for babies recorded as boys. Compared with 2018–2020, it's about the same.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | 8 | 8910 |
| 2024 | <5 | — | 5 | 12349 |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 8 | 8921 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | 5 | 12330 |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | 6 | 10605 |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 5 | 12145 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 7 | 9670 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | 5 | 12086 |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 2006 | <5 | — | 7 | 9585 |
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| 1997 | <5 | — | 5 | 9265 |
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| 1990 | <5 | — | 6 | 7178 |
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| 1972 | <5 | — | 5 | 4986 |
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| 1958 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1957 | <5 | — | 6 | 3552 |
| 1956 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
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| 1954 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1953 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1952 | <5 | — | 5 | 3734 |
| 1951 | <5 | — | 7 | 3066 |
| 1950 | <5 | — | 5 | 3681 |
| 1949 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1948 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1947 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1946 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1945 | <5 | — | 10 | 2242 |
| 1944 | <5 | — | 8 | 2633 |
| 1943 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1942 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1941 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1940 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1939 | <5 | — | 6 | 3113 |
| 1938 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1937 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1936 | <5 | — | 7 | 2854 |
| 1935 | <5 | — | 5 | 3645 |
| 1934 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1933 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1932 | <5 | — | 9 | 2638 |
| 1931 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1930 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1929 | <5 | — | 5 | 3959 |
| 1928 | <5 | — | 6 | 3697 |
| 1927 | <5 | — | 5 | 4210 |
| 1926 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1925 | <5 | — | 5 | 4197 |
| 1924 | <5 | — | 10 | 2822 |
| 1923 | <5 | — | 7 | 3467 |
| 1922 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1921 | <5 | — | 8 | 3214 |
| 1920 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1919 | <5 | — | 6 | 3736 |
| 1918 | <5 | — | 12 | 2398 |
| 1917 | <5 | — | 6 | 3545 |
| 1916 | <5 | — | 10 | 2543 |
| 1915 | <5 | — | 11 | 2310 |
| 1914 | <5 | — | 6 | 2915 |
| 1913 | <5 | — | 5 | 2821 |
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