Girls' name · since 1965
Prestina
Prestina has 79 recorded births since 1965 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1984 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,803 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 79
- born since 1965
- 1980s
- peak decade
Prestina is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 79 have been recorded since 1965.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Prestina has been recorded 79 times among girls since 1965, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1980s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 1995.
- #29,803 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 79 born since 1965
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Prestina ranks #29,803 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 79 born since 1965, peaking in the 1980s.
- #29,803 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 79
- born since 1965
- 1980s
- peak decade
Prestina's 79 recorded births place it above 58.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Prestina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Prestina's SSA record in two at 1984 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1965, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1984 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Prestina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–1995
- Peak year (1984)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Prestina by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (49 births, 62% of the file).
1980s was Prestina's strongest decade.
49 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 62% of all-time use.
Prestina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 5
1960s
5 births
- 1970s 11
1970s
11 births
- 1980s
1980s
49 births
- 1990s 14
1990s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 49 births (62% of all-time use).
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- Prestina's decade-level peak was the 1980s (49 total births); usage has since declined to 14 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Prestina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~30 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1965–1995 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Prestina draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.