Preston

#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births · #299 for boys in 2025, 1,131 births
Given to boys 99.4% of the time

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Peak · boys
#114
2007 · 3,797 births
Debut · boys
1880
47 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
122,958
since 1880

Preston over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Preston has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201972peak #114, 2007boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#9,45710#2991,131
2024#6,39418#3301,048
2023#6,68017#2741,232
2022#6,98416#2551,354
2021#5,57322#2411,473
2020#6,08319#2281,647
2019#6,17619#2171,748
2018#8,14613#2051,966
2017#5,82121#1902,073
2016#5,44524#1722,313
2015#6,45219#1692,456
2014#6,20720#1482,733
2013#7,74815#1482,670
2012#8,20814#1302,945
2011#6,14821#1363,037
2010#7,88015#1313,108
2009#9,97511#1203,465
2008#8,96513#1243,461
2007#7,39417#1143,797
2006#8,71513#1143,719
2005#7,13816#1462,728
2004#5,74421#1522,646
2003#7,58014#1542,640
2002#6,39217#1552,515
2001#6,06718#1522,618
2000#4,79124#1412,743
1999#8,80510#1622,291
1998#6,71914#1761,891
1997#5,86816#1781,889
1996#11,8076#1891,672
1995#6,64113#1821,715
1994#8,8049#1931,606
1993#5,95515#1971,545
1992#7,51211#2021,526
1991#7,98710#2171,426
1990#8,5019#1981,527
1989#8,0379#1991,470
1988#5,32115#2011,352
1987#7,3539#2021,278
1986#5,75712#2141,121
1985#8,3187#238978
1984#9,1446#242904
1983#5,82411#255819
1982#10,5175#265807
1981#6,8049#278744
1980#10,3925#276763
1979#10,2105#294690
1978—#303597
1977#6,3409#319583
1976#7,2967#309567
1975—#368450
1974#6,9007#349482
1973#7,4356#348484
1972#7,2926#320568
1971#6,0068#340541
1970—#356521
1969—#354507
1968#5,1478#346498
1967#6,0426#347460
1966—#330520
1965—#356456
1964#5,0088#367453
1963#6,5925#356476
1962—#362484
1961—#372452
1960—#358477
1959—#352485
1958—#349479
1957—#335516
1956—#318549
1955#5,8285#324524
1954#5,7535#330484
1953#5,6735#316516
1952#5,5635#299557
1951—#304519
1950—#292535
1949—#292535
1948—#314461
1947#4,7646#299525
1946—#306452
1945—#284450
1944—#295408
1943—#290448
1942#4,1246#285447
1941—#291395
1940—#288381
1939—#295353
1938—#300332
1937—#285360
1936—#296334
1935—#302324
1934—#287357
1933—#300317
1932—#292352
1931—#305333
1930#2,84510#293379
1929#4,5705#299348
1928—#289381
1927—#296375
1926—#280416
1925—#278426
1924#5,0615#280414
1923—#256478
1922—#261467
1921#5,0995#266448
1920—#251482
1919—#257430
1918#4,8095#262417
1917#3,3448#248413
1916#3,9196#247418
1915—#246388
1914—#238319
1913—#256218
1912—#246206
1911—#223128
1910—#222112
1909—#25476
1908—#21988
1907—#24871
1906—#25361
1905—#21182
1904—#23067
1903—#20476
1902—#22962
1901—#18778
1900—#22778
1899—#23152
1898—#23953
1897—#29937
1896—#24953
1895—#23058
1894—#20766
1893—#25846
1892—#25349
1891—#22351
1890—#23749
1889—#26639
1888—#23058
1887—#24144
1886—#28336
1885—#23748
1884—#24449
1883—#20852
1882—#23849
1881—#26236
1880—#24147
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Preston was already there! It came in at #241, and was given to 47 baby boys.

Quietest stretch: 1880–1887, when fewer than 53 boys a year got the name.

See more about Preston
Momentum · boys
Falling
  • 31 spots since 2024 (#330 → #299)
  • 71 spots since 2020 (#228 → #299)
  • 130 spots since 2015 (#169 → #299)
  • Biggest jump: 60 spots in 1898 (#299 → #239)
  • Biggest drop: 56 spots in 2024 (#274 → #330)
Rise & fade · boys
127 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2007 at #114 (3,797 births)
  • Births halved by 2019, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 146 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 547
  • Highest: 1 in 547 boys born in 2007 were named Preston (0.18%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,510 boys born in 2025 (0.07%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 24.7% of all boys named Preston (30,332) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s458#208 (1883)#245
1890s514#207 (1894)#243
1900s739#187 (1901)#226
1910s3,049#222 (1910)#245
1920s4,235#251 (1920)#276
1930s3,441#285 (1937)#296
1940s4,502#284 (1945)#294
1950s5,164#292 (1950)#322
1960s4,783#330 (1966)#355
1970s5,483#294 (1979)#331
1980s10,236#199 (1989)#237
1990s17,088#162 (1999)#189
2000s30,332#114 (2007)#137
2010s25,049#130 (2012)#165
2020s7,885#228 (2020)#271

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Preston in 1972

girls
#7,292
6 births · 1 in 253,541 girls
boys
#320
568 births · 1 in 2,855 boys

Top girls' names in 1972

  1. #1Jennifer63,600
  2. #2Michelle29,285
  3. #3Lisa27,543
  4. #4Kimberly26,282
  5. #5Amy25,873
  6. #6Angela23,561
  7. #7Melissa22,494
  8. #8Stephanie16,890
  9. #9Heather16,320
  10. #10Nicole15,755
  11. #7,292Preston6

Top boys' names in 1972

  1. #1Michael71,393
  2. #2Christopher52,172
  3. #3James47,063
  4. #4David46,322
  5. #5John43,158
  6. #6Robert43,013
  7. #7Jason37,423
  8. #8Brian36,306
  9. #9William30,510
  10. #10Matthew22,928
  11. #320Preston568
More about 1972

girls

1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 253,541 of them was named Preston, which outranked 24.6% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Preston
  1. #6,558Yukiko7
  2. #6,558Zorina7
  3. #6,558Zully7
  4. #7,292Preston6
  5. #7,292Adonia6
  6. #7,292Afua6
  7. #7,292Aggie6
  8. #8,292Aarona5
  9. #8,292Abigale5
  10. #8,292Adabel5

Tied with 999 names at #7,292; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,804Camisha#6,619 → #815
  2. ↑ 3,921Catina#4,123 → #202
  3. ↑ 1,842Cherilyn#2,665 → #823
  4. ↑ 1,789Chasity#2,542 → #753
  5. ↑ 1,694Keena#2,542 → #848
Fallers
  1. ↓ 517Shayla#836 → #1,353
  2. ↓ 428Raina#798 → #1,226
  3. ↓ 280Kendall#742 → #1,022
  4. ↓ 275Alycia#951 → #1,226
  5. ↓ 255Charisse#727 → #982

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,621,608 boys got a published name in 1972; 1 in 2,855 of them was named Preston, which outranked 94.4% of the 5,751 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 26.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Preston
  1. #317Roland579
  2. #318Grant577
  3. #319Luke575
  4. #320Preston568
  5. #321Colin566
  6. #322Evan560
  7. #323Jonathon559
Biggest movers since 1971
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,755Demond#3,146 → #391
  2. ↑ 1,286Cade#2,279 → #993
  3. ↑ 905Vidal#1,526 → #621
  4. ↑ 855Damond#1,784 → #929
  5. ↑ 849Kareem#1,254 → #405
Fallers
  1. ↓ 413Rich#914 → #1,327
  2. ↓ 401Monroe#947 → #1,348
  3. ↓ 317Laura#990 → #1,307
  4. ↓ 309Von#976 → #1,285
  5. ↓ 309Westley#998 → #1,307

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1972 →