Recorded 1990–2023 Boys' name Peak 2008 600 births

Presten — boys' name

600 babies named Presten in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 2008. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s752000s3082010s1802020s37
2000s
Peak decade

51% of everyone ever named Presten was born in this single decade.

2008
Single peak year

42 babies were named Presten in 2008 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Presten

The Social Security Administration has registered 600 babies named Presten between 1990 and 2023, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Presten currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 42 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Presten performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 308 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Presten shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Presten in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Presten 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 600 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.

Presten at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

600

Since 1990

34 years of records

Peak year

2008

42 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1990

Recorded for 34 years

Last year on file: 2023

Presten popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1990

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (2008)
42
Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
01020304050 202320192015201120072003199919951990 5

Presten by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
308 births that decade — 51% of Presten's all-time total
1990s752000s3082010s1802020s37

Presten by state

Where Presten concentrates geographically — total births since 1990

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Presten
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 0.8%
California share of Presten's total US births 0.8%

5 of 600 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Presten?
600 babies have been named Presten since 1990. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 2008 with 42 births.
When was Presten most popular?
Presten was most popular in the 2000s decade with 308 total births. The single peak year was 2008.
Where is Presten most popular?
The top states for the name Presten are California (5 births).
How long has the name Presten been used?
Presten has been recorded in Social Security data since 1990, spanning 34 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Presten?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Preston, Presley, Prentice, Prentiss, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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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, 1990–2023 (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.