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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020202002peak #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 2002

girls
#6,392
17 births · 1 in 105,699 girls
boys
#155
2,515 births · 1 in 772 boys

Top girls' names in 2002

  1. #1Emily24,470
  2. #2Madison21,774
  3. #3Hannah18,828
  4. #4Emma16,558
  5. #5Alexis15,636
  6. #6Ashley15,344
  7. #7Abigail15,303
  8. #8Sarah14,779
  9. #9Samantha14,671
  10. #10Olivia14,631
  11. #6,392Preston17

Top boys' names in 2002

  1. #1Jacob30,586
  2. #2Michael28,258
  3. #3Joshua25,998
  4. #4Matthew25,154
  5. #5Ethan22,113
  6. #6Andrew22,037
  7. #7Joseph21,920
  8. #8Christopher21,689
  9. #9Nicholas21,390
  10. #10Daniel21,352
  11. #155Preston2,515
More about 2002

girls

1,796,882 girls got a published name in 2002; 1 in 105,699 of them was named Preston, which outranked 64.7% of the 18,086 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Preston
  1. #6,129Zakira18
  2. #6,129Zola18
  3. #6,129Zuleima18
  4. #6,392Preston17
  5. #6,392Aaleyah17
  6. #6,392Abcde17
  7. #6,392Abegail17
  8. #6,698Aalliyah16
  9. #6,698Abbegail16
  10. #6,698Abi16

Tied with 305 names at #6,392; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,168Cadence#2,126 → #958
  2. ↑ 949Lisbeth#1,573 → #624
  3. ↑ 710Ashanti#825 → #115
  4. ↑ 464Elle#1,076 → #612
  5. ↑ 412Nyla#865 → #453
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,141Citlalli#609 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 748Nallely#772 → #1,520
  3. ↓ 617Dafne#967 → #1,584
  4. ↓ 582Beyonce#700 → #1,282
  5. ↓ 540Mikaila#928 → #1,468

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

boys

1,941,514 boys got a published name in 2002; 1 in 772 of them was named Preston, which outranked 98.8% of the 12,489 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 12.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Preston
  1. #152Shawn2,618
  2. #153Caden2,601
  3. #154Josiah2,570
  4. #155Preston2,515
  5. #156Erik2,460
  6. #157Andres2,440
  7. #158Javier2,436
Biggest movers since 2001
Risers
  1. ↑ 10,021Omarion#10,556 → #535
  2. ↑ 3,583Amarion#4,302 → #719
  3. ↑ 3,370Yahir#3,974 → #604
  4. ↑ 1,466Gael#2,185 → #719
  5. ↑ 1,287Lisandro#2,185 → #898
Fallers
  1. ↓ 546Daunte#968 → #1,514
  2. ↓ 405Imanol#921 → #1,326
  3. ↓ 376Shemar#594 → #970
  4. ↓ 347Jade#958 → #1,305
  5. ↓ 311Jalon#873 → #1,184

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

See the top 100 for 2002 →