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.
51% of everyone ever named Presten was born in this single decade.
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 2023Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Presten popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1990
- Peak year (2008)
- 42
- Annual births at peak — across 34 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2023.
600 total births across 34 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2008 with 42 births in a single year.
Presten by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 308 births that decade — 51% of Presten's all-time total
Presten decade highlights
- Peak decade 308 births
- Runner-up 180 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Presten's strongest decade
308 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 51% of all-time use.
Presten by state
Where Presten concentrates geographically — total births since 1990
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 0.8% |
5 of 600 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 0.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 0.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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.