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Deforest

A name meaning "from the forest".

Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (1891)#870

Meaning and history

From a French surname meaning “from the forest,” this name was originally given in honor of the American author John Deforest (1826–1906).

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
18721872: no US SSA record for this spelling
1873: no US SSA record for this spelling
1874: no US SSA record for this spelling
1875: no US SSA record for this spelling
1876: no US SSA record for this spelling
18771877: no US SSA record for this spelling
1878: no US SSA record for this spelling
1879: no US SSA record for this spelling
1880: no US SSA record for this spelling
1881: 9 births, rank #610
18821882: no US SSA record for this spelling
1883: no US SSA record for this spelling
1884: no US SSA record for this spelling
1885: no US SSA record for this spelling
1886: no US SSA record for this spelling
18871887: no US SSA record for this spelling
1888: no US SSA record for this spelling
1889: no US SSA record for this spelling
1890: 6 births, rank #917
18911891: 6 births, rank #870

Deforest rose from #917 to #870 for boys between 1890 and 1891. Its highest annual birth count came in 1881, with 9 births.

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