Prestin — #8527 US boys' name
734 babies named Prestin in U.S. Social Security records since 1986, with the highest year being 2009. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 40% of names given to boys today.
48% of everyone ever named Prestin was born in this single decade.
48 babies were named Prestin in 2009 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Prestin
The Social Security Administration has registered 734 babies named Prestin between 1986 and 2024, spanning 39 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Prestin currently holds the #8527 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2009, when 48 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Prestin performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 355 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Prestin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Prestin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Prestin 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 734 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.
Prestin at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Prestin popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1986
- Peak year (2009)
- 48
- Annual births at peak — across 39 years of records
Currently ranks #8527 among boys.
734 total births across 39 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2009 with 48 births in a single year.
Prestin popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2022 (Prestin as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Prestin accounts for 1% of total recorded use across both genders.
Prestin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 355 births that decade — 48% of Prestin's all-time total
Prestin decade highlights
- Peak decade 355 births
- Runner-up 189 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Prestin's strongest decade
355 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 48% of all-time use.
Prestin by state
Where Prestin concentrates geographically — total births since 1986
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Ohio | | 5 | 0.7% |
5 of 734 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Ohio 0.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Ohio accounts for 0.7% 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, 1986–2024 (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.