Meaning not yet researched.
Preston: US boys given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,131 in 2025. Its best rank was #114 in 2007.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #114 in 2007; #299 in 2025. About 99% of babies named Preston in 2025 were boys.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#299 for US boys in 2025. Its best year was 2007, at #114.
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Preston: US boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,131 boys in 2025. Peak: #114 in 2007 · most boys in one year: 3,797 (2007).
In 2025, 1,131 US boys were named Preston, making it the 299th most common boys’ name of the year, up 31 places from #330 in 2024. That is 83 more than the 1,048 boys named Preston in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #114, reached in 2007. That year also had the most boys given the name: 3,797. For comparison, it was #169 in 2015 and #292 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Preston in every one of the 146 years from 1880 to 2025; in 1880 there were 47 babies with the name. In all, 123,757 US babies have been given the name, 0.6% of them girls and 99% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2000s, with 30,496 babies named Preston.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 15,985 US boys were named Preston; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 2,313. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,510 of the boys in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Preston ranked highest in Mississippi in 2025, at #135 for boys there. It was not in the top 100 of any state. Related spellings in the SSA files include Prestyn (1,164 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Prestin, Presten and Prestan are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Prestin (740), Presten (600), Prestan (46), Prestine (15), Prestynn (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Preston in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US boys. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five boys got the name, so 9 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 24 | #135 | #100 |
| Louisiana | 34 | #152 | #132 |
| District of Columbia | 6 | #159 | — |
| West Virginia | 11 | #180 | #114 |
| Alabama | 32 | #184 | #114 |
| Oklahoma | 22 | #219 | #157 |
| Tennessee | 41 | #221 | #131 |
| New Hampshire | 6 | #222 | #138 |
| Georgia | 55 | #225 | #142 |
| Hawaii | 5 | #246 | #227 |
| Idaho | 11 | #248 | #164 |
| Michigan | 40 | #257 | #141 |
| Virginia | 34 | #258 | #120 |
| Pennsylvania | 45 | #267 | #200 |
| Montana | 5 | #275 | #178 |
| Maryland | 20 | #281 | #217 |
| South Carolina | 20 | #285 | #128 |
| Texas | 134 | #290 | #165 |
| Indiana | 28 | #291 | #169 |
| Florida | 66 | #292 | #159 |
| Washington | 25 | #304 | #148 |
| Arizona | 26 | #305 | #179 |
| North Carolina | 41 | #306 | #171 |
| Missouri | 22 | #312 | #152 |
| Wisconsin | 18 | #313 | #178 |
| Kentucky | 16 | #330 | #134 |
| Ohio | 34 | #336 | #165 |
| Oregon | 12 | #344 | #180 |
| Massachusetts | 15 | #355 | #198 |
| Iowa | 10 | #367 | #178 |
| Minnesota | 16 | #369 | #161 |
| New York | 48 | #372 | #154 |
| Connecticut | 8 | #377 | #215 |
| Kansas | 10 | #378 | #140 |
| Nevada | 8 | #382 | #200 |
| California | 86 | #387 | #213 |
| Arkansas | 9 | #390 | #114 |
| New Jersey | 19 | #426 | #213 |
| Illinois | 26 | #428 | #235 |
| Utah | 11 | #432 | #182 |
| Colorado | 13 | #460 | #216 |
| Nebraska | 5 | #489 | #145 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,944 | 1,131 | #299 |
| 2024 | 18 | #6,591 | 1,048 | #330 |
| 2023 | 17 | #6,866 | 1,232 | #274 |
| 2022 | 16 | #7,217 | 1,354 | #255 |
| 2021 | 22 | #5,700 | 1,473 | #241 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,272 | 1,647 | #228 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,364 | 1,748 | #217 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,501 | 1,966 | #205 |
| 2017 | 21 | #5,990 | 2,073 | #190 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,571 | 2,313 | #172 |
| 2015 | 19 | #6,664 | 2,456 | #169 |
| 2014 | 20 | #6,389 | 2,733 | #148 |
| 2013 | 15 | #8,066 | 2,670 | #148 |
| 2012 | 14 | #8,529 | 2,945 | #130 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,291 | 3,037 | #136 |
| 2010 | 15 | #8,196 | 3,108 | #131 |
| 2009 | 11 | #10,496 | 3,465 | #120 |
| 2008 | 13 | #9,369 | 3,461 | #124 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,660 | 3,797 | #114 |
| 2006 | 13 | #9,146 | 3,719 | #114 |
| 2005 | 16 | #7,414 | 2,728 | #146 |
| 2004 | 21 | #5,917 | 2,646 | #152 |
| 2003 | 14 | #7,899 | 2,640 | #154 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,622 | 2,515 | #155 |
| 2001 | 18 | #6,252 | 2,618 | #152 |
| 2000 | 24 | #4,935 | 2,743 | #142 |
| 1999 | 10 | #9,318 | 2,291 | #162 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,997 | 1,891 | #176 |
| 1997 | 16 | #6,097 | 1,889 | #178 |
| 1996 | 6 | #13,040 | 1,672 | #189 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,932 | 1,715 | #182 |
| 1994 | 9 | #9,395 | 1,606 | #193 |
| 1993 | 15 | #6,173 | 1,545 | #197 |
| 1992 | 11 | #7,895 | 1,526 | #202 |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,426 | 1,426 | #217 |
| 1990 | 9 | #9,024 | 1,527 | #198 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,548 | 1,470 | #200 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,523 | 1,352 | #201 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,820 | 1,278 | #202 |
| 1986 | 12 | #6,050 | 1,121 | #214 |
| 1985 | 7 | #9,004 | 978 | #238 |
| 1984 | 6 | #10,008 | 904 | #242 |
| 1983 | 11 | #6,107 | 819 | #255 |
| 1982 | 5 | #11,782 | 807 | #265 |
| 1981 | 9 | #7,218 | 744 | #278 |
| 1980 | 5 | #11,640 | 763 | #277 |
| 1979 | 5 | #11,416 | 690 | #294 |
| 1978 | — | — | 597 | #303 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,723 | 583 | #320 |
| 1976 | 7 | #7,885 | 567 | #309 |
| 1975 | — | — | 450 | #368 |
| 1974 | 7 | #7,458 | 482 | #349 |
| 1973 | 6 | #8,130 | 484 | #349 |
| 1972 | 6 | #7,960 | 568 | #320 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,435 | 541 | #340 |
| 1970 | — | — | 521 | #356 |
| 1969 | — | — | 507 | #354 |
| 1968 | 8 | #5,511 | 498 | #346 |
| 1967 | 6 | #6,587 | 460 | #348 |
| 1966 | — | — | 520 | #330 |
| 1965 | — | — | 456 | #357 |
| 1964 | 8 | #5,350 | 453 | #367 |
| 1963 | 5 | #7,363 | 476 | #356 |
| 1962 | — | — | 484 | #362 |
| 1961 | — | — | 452 | #372 |
| 1960 | — | — | 477 | #358 |
| 1959 | — | — | 485 | #352 |
| 1958 | — | — | 479 | #349 |
| 1957 | — | — | 516 | #335 |
| 1956 | — | — | 549 | #318 |
| 1955 | 5 | #6,497 | 524 | #324 |
| 1954 | 5 | #6,414 | 484 | #330 |
| 1953 | 5 | #6,321 | 516 | #316 |
| 1952 | 5 | #6,213 | 557 | #299 |
| 1951 | — | — | 519 | #305 |
| 1950 | — | — | 535 | #292 |
| 1949 | — | — | 535 | #293 |
| 1948 | — | — | 461 | #314 |
| 1947 | 6 | #5,157 | 525 | #299 |
| 1946 | — | — | 452 | #306 |
| 1945 | — | — | 450 | #284 |
| 1944 | — | — | 408 | #295 |
| 1943 | — | — | 448 | #291 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,521 | 447 | #285 |
| 1941 | — | — | 395 | #292 |
| 1940 | — | — | 381 | #288 |
| 1939 | — | — | 353 | #295 |
| 1938 | — | — | 332 | #300 |
| 1937 | — | — | 360 | #285 |
| 1936 | — | — | 334 | #296 |
| 1935 | — | — | 324 | #302 |
| 1934 | — | — | 357 | #287 |
| 1933 | — | — | 317 | #301 |
| 1932 | — | — | 352 | #292 |
| 1931 | — | — | 333 | #305 |
| 1930 | 10 | #3,012 | 379 | #293 |
| 1929 | 5 | #5,139 | 348 | #299 |
| 1928 | — | — | 381 | #289 |
| 1927 | — | — | 375 | #296 |
| 1926 | — | — | 416 | #280 |
| 1925 | — | — | 426 | #278 |
| 1924 | 5 | #5,728 | 414 | #280 |
| 1923 | — | — | 478 | #257 |
| 1922 | — | — | 467 | #261 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,702 | 448 | #266 |
| 1920 | — | — | 482 | #251 |
| 1919 | — | — | 430 | #259 |
| 1918 | 5 | #5,430 | 417 | #262 |
| 1917 | 8 | #3,637 | 413 | #249 |
| 1916 | 6 | #4,300 | 418 | #247 |
| 1915 | — | — | 388 | #246 |
| 1914 | — | — | 319 | #238 |
| 1913 | — | — | 218 | #256 |
| 1912 | — | — | 206 | #246 |
| 1911 | — | — | 128 | #226 |
| 1910 | — | — | 112 | #222 |
| 1909 | — | — | 76 | #257 |
| 1908 | — | — | 88 | #222 |
| 1907 | — | — | 71 | #251 |
| 1906 | — | — | 61 | #254 |
| 1905 | — | — | 82 | #211 |
| 1904 | — | — | 67 | #232 |
| 1903 | — | — | 76 | #205 |
| 1902 | — | — | 62 | #230 |
| 1901 | — | — | 78 | #190 |
| 1900 | — | — | 78 | #227 |
| 1899 | — | — | 52 | #232 |
| 1898 | — | — | 53 | #243 |
| 1897 | — | — | 37 | #305 |
| 1896 | — | — | 53 | #252 |
| 1895 | — | — | 58 | #233 |
| 1894 | — | — | 66 | #208 |
| 1893 | — | — | 46 | #261 |
| 1892 | — | — | 49 | #255 |
| 1891 | — | — | 51 | #225 |
| 1890 | — | — | 49 | #242 |
| 1889 | — | — | 39 | #270 |
| 1888 | — | — | 58 | #232 |
| 1887 | — | — | 44 | #243 |
| 1886 | — | — | 36 | #287 |
| 1885 | — | — | 48 | #238 |
| 1884 | — | — | 49 | #246 |
| 1883 | — | — | 52 | #211 |
| 1882 | — | — | 49 | #241 |
| 1881 | — | — | 36 | #266 |
| 1880 | — | — | 47 | #243 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).