Preston
Preston is ranked 329th among boys in 2024 (1,045 births). Its best rank was 114th, in 2006–2007.
- Rank in 2024
- #329down 54 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,0450.06% of boys
- Peak year
- 20073,796 births
- Best rank
- #114first in 2006
- Since 1880
- 121,812people given the name
The story in the numbers
121,812 boys have been named Preston in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2007, with 3,796 births — 0.18% of all boys recorded that year.
It is falling: its share of births is 60% or less of what it was ten years ago (rank 148 → 329).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2000, and the 2000s alone account for 25%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Preston | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 458 | |
| 1890s | 514 | |
| 1900s | 739 | |
| 1910s | 3,049 | |
| 1920s | 4,235 | |
| 1930s | 3,441 | |
| 1940s | 4,502 | |
| 1950s | 5,164 | |
| 1960s | 4,783 | |
| 1970s | 5,483 | |
| 1980s | 10,236 | |
| 1990s | 17,090 | |
| 2000s | 30,329 | |
| 2010s | 25,043 | |
| 2020s | 6,746 |
In 2007, its biggest year
Preston was the 114th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2007 were Jacob, Michael, Ethan, Joshua and Daniel. See all of 2007.
Names that rose and fell with Preston
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Davispeak 2007
- Issacpeak 2008
- Ivanpeak 2004
- Daytonpeak 2008
- Grantpeak 1997
- Saulpeak 2006
- Obedpeak 2005
- Pablopeak 2006
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.