Recorded 1881–2001 · United States
Deforest was most popular in 1920, when 26 American babies were given the name — ranking #2,938 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 667 people named Deforest.
Across the whole record Deforest is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 667 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org