Preston — #329 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Preston

The Social Security Administration has registered 121,812 babies named Preston between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Preston currently holds the #329 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 3,796 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Preston performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 30,329 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Preston shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 12,669 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and North Carolina. In total, SSA state-level files list Preston in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Preston 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 121,812 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.