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
- Peak · boys
- 2007 · 3,797 births
- Debut · boys
- 47 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 122,958since 1880
Preston over time
Rank among boys' names. Preston has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #9,457 | 10 | #299 | 1,131 |
| 2024 | #6,394 | 18 | #330 | 1,048 |
| 2023 | #6,680 | 17 | #274 | 1,232 |
| 2022 | #6,984 | 16 | #255 | 1,354 |
| 2021 | #5,573 | 22 | #241 | 1,473 |
| 2020 | #6,083 | 19 | #228 | 1,647 |
| 2019 | #6,176 | 19 | #217 | 1,748 |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | #205 | 1,966 |
| 2017 | #5,821 | 21 | #190 | 2,073 |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 | #172 | 2,313 |
| 2015 | #6,452 | 19 | #169 | 2,456 |
| 2014 | #6,207 | 20 | #148 | 2,733 |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 | #148 | 2,670 |
| 2012 | #8,208 | 14 | #130 | 2,945 |
| 2011 | #6,148 | 21 | #136 | 3,037 |
| 2010 | #7,880 | 15 | #131 | 3,108 |
| 2009 | #9,975 | 11 | #120 | 3,465 |
| 2008 | #8,965 | 13 | #124 | 3,461 |
| 2007 | #7,394 | 17 | #114 | 3,797 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 | #114 | 3,719 |
| 2005 | #7,138 | 16 | #146 | 2,728 |
| 2004 | #5,744 | 21 | #152 | 2,646 |
| 2003 | #7,580 | 14 | #154 | 2,640 |
| 2002 | #6,392 | 17 | #155 | 2,515 |
| 2001 | #6,067 | 18 | #152 | 2,618 |
| 2000 | #4,791 | 24 | #141 | 2,743 |
| 1999 | #8,805 | 10 | #162 | 2,291 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 | #176 | 1,891 |
| 1997 | #5,868 | 16 | #178 | 1,889 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 | #189 | 1,672 |
| 1995 | #6,641 | 13 | #182 | 1,715 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 | #193 | 1,606 |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | #197 | 1,545 |
| 1992 | #7,512 | 11 | #202 | 1,526 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 | #217 | 1,426 |
| 1990 | #8,501 | 9 | #198 | 1,527 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 | #199 | 1,470 |
| 1988 | #5,321 | 15 | #201 | 1,352 |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #202 | 1,278 |
| 1986 | #5,757 | 12 | #214 | 1,121 |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #238 | 978 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 | #242 | 904 |
| 1983 | #5,824 | 11 | #255 | 819 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #265 | 807 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 | #278 | 744 |
| 1980 | #10,392 | 5 | #276 | 763 |
| 1979 | #10,210 | 5 | #294 | 690 |
| 1978 | — | #303 | 597 | |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 | #319 | 583 |
| 1976 | #7,296 | 7 | #309 | 567 |
| 1975 | — | #368 | 450 | |
| 1974 | #6,900 | 7 | #349 | 482 |
| 1973 | #7,435 | 6 | #348 | 484 |
| 1972 | #7,292 | 6 | #320 | 568 |
| 1971 | #6,006 | 8 | #340 | 541 |
| 1970 | — | #356 | 521 | |
| 1969 | — | #354 | 507 | |
| 1968 | #5,147 | 8 | #346 | 498 |
| 1967 | #6,042 | 6 | #347 | 460 |
| 1966 | — | #330 | 520 | |
| 1965 | — | #356 | 456 | |
| 1964 | #5,008 | 8 | #367 | 453 |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | #356 | 476 |
| 1962 | — | #362 | 484 | |
| 1961 | — | #372 | 452 | |
| 1960 | — | #358 | 477 | |
| 1959 | — | #352 | 485 | |
| 1958 | — | #349 | 479 | |
| 1957 | — | #335 | 516 | |
| 1956 | — | #318 | 549 | |
| 1955 | #5,828 | 5 | #324 | 524 |
| 1954 | #5,753 | 5 | #330 | 484 |
| 1953 | #5,673 | 5 | #316 | 516 |
| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 | #299 | 557 |
| 1951 | — | #304 | 519 | |
| 1950 | — | #292 | 535 | |
| 1949 | — | #292 | 535 | |
| 1948 | — | #314 | 461 | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | #299 | 525 |
| 1946 | — | #306 | 452 | |
| 1945 | — | #284 | 450 | |
| 1944 | — | #295 | 408 | |
| 1943 | — | #290 | 448 | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 | #285 | 447 |
| 1941 | — | #291 | 395 | |
| 1940 | — | #288 | 381 | |
| 1939 | — | #295 | 353 | |
| 1938 | — | #300 | 332 | |
| 1937 | — | #285 | 360 | |
| 1936 | — | #296 | 334 | |
| 1935 | — | #302 | 324 | |
| 1934 | — | #287 | 357 | |
| 1933 | — | #300 | 317 | |
| 1932 | — | #292 | 352 | |
| 1931 | — | #305 | 333 | |
| 1930 | #2,845 | 10 | #293 | 379 |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #299 | 348 |
| 1928 | — | #289 | 381 | |
| 1927 | — | #296 | 375 | |
| 1926 | — | #280 | 416 | |
| 1925 | — | #278 | 426 | |
| 1924 | #5,061 | 5 | #280 | 414 |
| 1923 | — | #256 | 478 | |
| 1922 | — | #261 | 467 | |
| 1921 | #5,099 | 5 | #266 | 448 |
| 1920 | — | #251 | 482 | |
| 1919 | — | #257 | 430 | |
| 1918 | #4,809 | 5 | #262 | 417 |
| 1917 | #3,344 | 8 | #248 | 413 |
| 1916 | #3,919 | 6 | #247 | 418 |
| 1915 | — | #246 | 388 | |
| 1914 | — | #238 | 319 | |
| 1913 | — | #256 | 218 | |
| 1912 | — | #246 | 206 | |
| 1911 | — | #223 | 128 | |
| 1910 | — | #222 | 112 | |
| 1909 | — | #254 | 76 | |
| 1908 | — | #219 | 88 | |
| 1907 | — | #248 | 71 | |
| 1906 | — | #253 | 61 | |
| 1905 | — | #211 | 82 | |
| 1904 | — | #230 | 67 | |
| 1903 | — | #204 | 76 | |
| 1902 | — | #229 | 62 | |
| 1901 | — | #187 | 78 | |
| 1900 | — | #227 | 78 | |
| 1899 | — | #231 | 52 | |
| 1898 | — | #239 | 53 | |
| 1897 | — | #299 | 37 | |
| 1896 | — | #249 | 53 | |
| 1895 | — | #230 | 58 | |
| 1894 | — | #207 | 66 | |
| 1893 | — | #258 | 46 | |
| 1892 | — | #253 | 49 | |
| 1891 | — | #223 | 51 | |
| 1890 | — | #237 | 49 | |
| 1889 | — | #266 | 39 | |
| 1888 | — | #230 | 58 | |
| 1887 | — | #241 | 44 | |
| 1886 | — | #283 | 36 | |
| 1885 | — | #237 | 48 | |
| 1884 | — | #244 | 49 | |
| 1883 | — | #208 | 52 | |
| 1882 | — | #238 | 49 | |
| 1881 | — | #262 | 36 | |
| 1880 | — | #241 | 47 | |
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.
Where Preston is popular in 2008
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#55 · 1 in 174
- West Virginia#66 · 1 in 197
- Utah#72 · 1 in 263
- Idaho#73 · 1 in 255
- Mississippi#74 · 1 in 297
Best ever in a state: #35 in Delaware, 1924.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #55 | 24 | 1 in 174 |
| West Virginia | #66 | 44 | 1 in 197 |
| Utah | #72 | 90 | 1 in 263 |
| Idaho | #73 | 36 | 1 in 255 |
| Mississippi | #74 | 53 | 1 in 297 |
| Nebraska | #75 | 41 | 1 in 252 |
| Arkansas | #81 | 52 | 1 in 293 |
| Kentucky | #84 | 79 | 1 in 299 |
| Alabama | #87 | 69 | 1 in 364 |
| Oklahoma | #87 | 66 | 1 in 325 |
| Tennessee | #89 | 101 | 1 in 373 |
| Missouri | #91 | 99 | 1 in 349 |
| North Dakota | #91 | 13 | 1 in 269 |
| Louisiana | #92 | 65 | 1 in 387 |
| Iowa | #95 | 48 | 1 in 343 |
| South Carolina | #95 | 59 | 1 in 390 |
| Indiana | #96 | 102 | 1 in 375 |
| Ohio | #96 | 164 | 1 in 393 |
| Minnesota | #97 | 73 | 1 in 409 |
| Nevada | #97 | 44 | 1 in 343 |
| Wisconsin | #98 | 73 | 1 in 402 |
| Vermont | #99 | 7 | 1 in 277 |
| Georgia | #104 | 139 | 1 in 440 |
| Michigan | #105 | 117 | 1 in 439 |
| North Carolina | #108 | 124 | 1 in 449 |
| Maine | #110 | 13 | 1 in 392 |
| Virginia | #113 | 92 | 1 in 467 |
| Delaware | #117 | 10 | 1 in 395 |
| Wyoming | #118 | 7 | 1 in 304 |
| Washington | #119 | 79 | 1 in 471 |
| Montana | #120 | 11 | 1 in 383 |
| Alaska | #123 | 9 | 1 in 390 |
| Florida | #128 | 164 | 1 in 613 |
| Texas | #130 | 368 | 1 in 514 |
| Pennsylvania | #131 | 105 | 1 in 608 |
| Oregon | #132 | 39 | 1 in 516 |
| Colorado | #135 | 54 | 1 in 550 |
| Kansas | #137 | 33 | 1 in 513 |
| Rhode Island | #147 | 8 | 1 in 563 |
| Arizona | #154 | 74 | 1 in 587 |
| Maryland | #158 | 41 | 1 in 729 |
| New York | #170 | 111 | 1 in 983 |
| New Hampshire | #187 | 6 | 1 in 880 |
| New Mexico | #189 | 15 | 1 in 744 |
| Hawaii | #191 | 7 | 1 in 715 |
| Illinois | #193 | 78 | 1 in 958 |
| Connecticut | #194 | 16 | 1 in 1,010 |
| California | #201 | 274 | 1 in 928 |
| Massachusetts | #206 | 27 | 1 in 1,186 |
| District of Columbia | #222 | 5 | 1 in 847 |
| New Jersey | #231 | 33 | 1 in 1,381 |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Preston
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2007 at #114 (3,797 births)
- Births halved by 2019, 12 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- Highest: 1 in 547 boys born in 2007 were named Preston (0.18%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,510 boys born in 2025 (0.07%)
- 24.7% of all boys named Preston (30,332) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 458 | #208 (1883) | #245 |
| 1890s | 514 | #207 (1894) | #243 |
| 1900s | 739 | #187 (1901) | #226 |
| 1910s | 3,049 | #222 (1910) | #245 |
| 1920s | 4,235 | #251 (1920) | #276 |
| 1930s | 3,441 | #285 (1937) | #296 |
| 1940s | 4,502 | #284 (1945) | #294 |
| 1950s | 5,164 | #292 (1950) | #322 |
| 1960s | 4,783 | #330 (1966) | #355 |
| 1970s | 5,483 | #294 (1979) | #331 |
| 1980s | 10,236 | #199 (1989) | #237 |
| 1990s | 17,088 | #162 (1999) | #189 |
| 2000s | 30,332 | #114 (2007) | #137 |
| 2010s | 25,049 | #130 (2012) | #165 |
| 2020s | 7,885 | #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 2008
Top girls' names in 2008
Top boys' names in 2008
More about 2008
girls
1,890,938 girls got a published name in 2008; 1 in 145,457 of them was named Preston, which outranked 56.2% of the 20,482 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #8,529Zaryiah14
- #8,529Ziyanna14
- #8,529Zykeriah14
- #8,965Preston13
- #8,965Aarianna13
- #8,965Aashritha13
- #8,965Aasia13
- #9,476Aamna12
- #9,476Aamya12
- #9,476Aarionna12
Tied with 510 names at #8,965; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,040,150 boys got a published name in 2008; 1 in 589 of them was named Preston, which outranked 99.2% of the 14,625 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.