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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Forever

Forever was the 4389th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 32 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 3498th with 45 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 46 places. More babies were named Forever in the 2010s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#4,389 girls, down 747 places since 2020
Babies in 2025
32girls
Girls and boys
76% girls, 24% boys2021–2025
Peak year
202245 babies
Total since 1880
700babies recorded

Forever popularity since 1880

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GirlsBoys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Rank (boys)Babies (girls)Babies (boys)
2025#4,389#7,8443210
2020#3,642#12,680415
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How popular is Forever, counting every spelling?

Forever is the most common spelling of a name family that had 32 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 32 girls in 2025.

SpellingBabies 2025Official rankBabies 2021–2025
Forever32#4,389182

Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.

How many kids will share the name Forever?

32 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Forever (0.01 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Forever born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 261 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Forever.

Chance of another Forever in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025
Most likely inCaliforniaunder 1 in 50 (2024)

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Forever?

About 600 people born in the US named Forever are alive today, with a median age of 9; half are between 4 and 15. That makes Forever a young name: most people with it are children.

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Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Forever by state

How common Forever was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 48 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: fewer than 5 a yearOH–Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesCA0.01Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: fewer than 5 a yearTN–North Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearNC–South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: fewer than 5 a yearMS–Alabama: fewer than 5 a yearAL–Georgia: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesGA0.02Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesTX0.01Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Forever, girls, 2021–2025. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Forever: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Forever, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Forever

How popular is the name Forever?

Forever was the 4389th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 32 babies. Its best year was 2022, when it ranked 3498th with 45 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 46 places. More babies were named Forever in the 2010s than in any other decade.

Is Forever a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, 76% girls, 24% boys given the name Forever in the US.

Where is Forever most popular?

In 2021–2025, Forever was most common in Georgia (0.02 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Texas.