Deforest
Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use. About 31% of Earth's land surface is covered by forests at present.
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Meaning & Origin of Deforest
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Deforestation or forest clearance is the removal and destruction of a forest or stand of trees from land that is then converted to non-forest use. Deforestation can involve conversion of forest land to farms, ranches, or urban use. About 31% of Earth's land surface is covered by forests at present.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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Origin & history
The Story of Deforest
American parents first put Deforest on the record books as a baby boy name in 1881, with 9 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1920, when 26 Deforests were born — ranking #1,457 that year. The 1920s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 26% of all recorded Deforests. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 2001 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 667 Deforests have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Deforest
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Deforest. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Deforest
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- Deforrest
- Defrost
- Dearest
- Divorced
- Deforested
- Differenced
- Deforce
- Deforesting
- Defocused
- Reforest
- Afforest
- Defeatist
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About the name Deforest
Deforest is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1881 and has accumulated 667 births in the dataset. Deforest's peak popularity came in 1920 when it ranked #1,457. Use the chart and map above to compare Deforest's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
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