How rare is the name Preston?

87,761 people in the United States have the first name Preston, about 1 in 3,442. It ranks #605 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

PRESTON

#605

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
87,761
About
1 in 3,442
This common or more
61.9%
Who bears it

Of the 87,761 people named Preston, 71.8% reported their origin as White, 12.1% as Black and 5.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 99.4% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Preston peaked in 2007, when 3,814 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
2007
Births that year
3,814
In 2025*
1,141 ▼70%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 123,757 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Preston by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2000s, when it ranked #246. The largest share of babies named Preston, 37%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1880s#525458
1890s#624514
1900s#622739
1910s#5573,068
1920s#6034,250
1930s#6353,451
1940s#6364,514
1950s#7155,184
1960s#7894,810
1970s#7235,531
1980s#48510,324
1990s#36017,201
2000s#24630,496
2010s#29825,230
2020s#4977,987
Before 19010.8%
Greatest Generation 1901–275.9%
Silent Generation 1928–455.4%
Baby boom 1946–647.7%
Generation X 1965–807.1%
Millennials 1981–9616.7%
Generation Z 1997–1237%
2013 and later19.5%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Preston is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Preston has been most common in Utah (2.8×), Idaho (1.8×), and Oklahoma (1.7×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.21×).

118,047 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Preston

#603 Priscilla · 87,905#604 Darren · 87,892#606 Makayla · 87,622#607 Warren · 87,424

Spelled almost the same

4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Preston, most common first.

#14,322 Prestyn · 825#17,167 Prestin · 647#20,724 Presten · 496#45,674 Prestina · 148

Also a last name

As a last name, Preston ranks #753 of 156,621, with 45,056 people. See Preston as a last name

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