Deforrest
Deforrest "Moe" Most was a gymnast and the unofficial "ambassador" of Muscle Beach.
- English
Meaning & Origin of Deforrest
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Deforrest "Moe" Most was a gymnast and the unofficial "ambassador" of Muscle Beach.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
The Story of Deforrest
American parents first put Deforrest on the record books as a baby boy name in 1916, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1917, when 10 Deforrests were born — ranking #2,562 that year. The 1910s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 34% of all recorded Deforrests. Its most recent appearance in the national data came in 1994 (5 births); the name has since faded from the published rankings. In total, more than 90 Deforrests have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1910s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Deforrest
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- Deforest
- Defrost
- Demorest
- Dourest
- Divorced
- Defeatist
- Reforest
- Diarist
- Afforest
- Deforce
- Dearest
- Digressed
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About the name Deforrest
Deforrest is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1916 and has accumulated 90 births in the dataset. Deforrest's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #2,562. Use the chart and map above to compare Deforrest's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- 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).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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