How Many People Are Named Forbes?
people named Forbes are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,487,600 people in the US has this name
Based on 242 babies named Forbes in Social Security records from 1913 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
12 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From a surname which was originally taken from a Scottish place name meaning "field" in Gaelic.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Forbes in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Forbes alive today is about 31 years old, and 61% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 68 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Forbes first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 1918, to 12 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Forbes has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,301, in 1945. In 2025 it ranked #9,172.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,172 |
| Best rank | #2,301 (1945) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,826 in the 1910s |
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