Kreston — boys' name
64 babies named Kreston in U.S. Social Security records since 1973, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
39% of everyone ever named Kreston was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Kreston in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Kreston
The Social Security Administration has registered 64 babies named Kreston between 1973 and 2021, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Kreston currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Kreston performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 25 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Kreston shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Kreston in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 64 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Kreston at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Kreston popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1973
- Peak year (2004)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 49 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
64 total births across 49 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 8 births in a single year.
Kreston by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 25 births that decade — 39% of Kreston's all-time total
Kreston decade highlights
- Peak decade 25 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Kreston's strongest decade
25 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1973–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.