Preston
#279 most common boys' name of all time · #602 across all names · 99% male / 1% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among boys
#279
Rank overall
#602 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
123,757
Since 2016
16,164
Peak year
2007 #114
Best rank
#114 2006
Girls
Boys
peak 3,814/yr
Preston is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 1,131 | 1,141 | #299 |
| 2024 | 18 | 1,048 | 1,066 | #330 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,232 | 1,249 | #274 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,354 | 1,370 | #255 |
| 2021 | 22 | 1,473 | 1,495 | #241 |
| 2020 | 19 | 1,647 | 1,666 | #228 |
| 2019 | 19 | 1,748 | 1,767 | #217 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,966 | 1,979 | #205 |
| 2017 | 21 | 2,073 | 2,094 | #190 |
| 2016 | 24 | 2,313 | 2,337 | #172 |
| 2015 | 19 | 2,456 | 2,475 | #169 |
| 2014 | 20 | 2,733 | 2,753 | #148 |
| 2013 | 15 | 2,670 | 2,685 | #148 |
| 2012 | 14 | 2,945 | 2,959 | #130 |
| 2011 | 21 | 3,037 | 3,058 | #136 |
| 2010 | 15 | 3,108 | 3,123 | #131 |
| 2009 | 11 | 3,465 | 3,476 | #120 |
| 2008 | 13 | 3,461 | 3,474 | #124 |
| 2007 | 17 | 3,797 | 3,814 | #114 |
| 2006 | 13 | 3,719 | 3,732 | #114 |
| 2005 | 16 | 2,728 | 2,744 | #146 |
| 2004 | 21 | 2,646 | 2,667 | #152 |
| 2003 | 14 | 2,640 | 2,654 | #154 |
| 2002 | 17 | 2,515 | 2,532 | #155 |
| 2001 | 18 | 2,618 | 2,636 | #152 |
| 2000 | 24 | 2,743 | 2,767 | #141 |
| 1999 | 10 | 2,291 | 2,301 | #162 |
| 1998 | 14 | 1,891 | 1,905 | #176 |
| 1997 | 16 | 1,889 | 1,905 | #178 |
| 1996 | 6 | 1,672 | 1,678 | #189 |
| 1995 | 13 | 1,715 | 1,728 | #182 |
| 1994 | 9 | 1,606 | 1,615 | #193 |
| 1993 | 15 | 1,545 | 1,560 | #197 |
| 1992 | 11 | 1,526 | 1,537 | #202 |
| 1991 | 10 | 1,426 | 1,436 | #217 |
| 1990 | 9 | 1,527 | 1,536 | #198 |
| 1989 | 9 | 1,470 | 1,479 | #199 |
| 1988 | 15 | 1,352 | 1,367 | #201 |
| 1987 | 9 | 1,278 | 1,287 | #202 |
| 1986 | 12 | 1,121 | 1,133 | #214 |
| 1985 | 7 | 978 | 985 | #238 |
| 1984 | 6 | 904 | 910 | #242 |
| 1983 | 11 | 819 | 830 | #255 |
| 1982 | 5 | 807 | 812 | #265 |
| 1981 | 9 | 744 | 753 | #278 |
| 1980 | 5 | 763 | 768 | #276 |
| 1979 | 5 | 690 | 695 | #294 |
| 1978 | — | 597 | 597 | #303 |
| 1977 | 9 | 583 | 592 | #319 |
| 1976 | 7 | 567 | 574 | #309 |
| 1975 | — | 450 | 450 | #368 |
| 1974 | 7 | 482 | 489 | #349 |
| 1973 | 6 | 484 | 490 | #348 |
| 1972 | 6 | 568 | 574 | #320 |
| 1971 | 8 | 541 | 549 | #341 |
| 1970 | — | 521 | 521 | #356 |
| 1969 | — | 507 | 507 | #354 |
| 1968 | 8 | 498 | 506 | #346 |
| 1967 | 6 | 460 | 466 | #347 |
| 1966 | — | 520 | 520 | #331 |
| 1965 | — | 456 | 456 | #356 |
| 1964 | 8 | 453 | 461 | #367 |
| 1963 | 5 | 476 | 481 | #356 |
| 1962 | — | 484 | 484 | #362 |
| 1961 | — | 452 | 452 | #372 |
| 1960 | — | 477 | 477 | #358 |
| 1959 | — | 485 | 485 | #352 |
| 1958 | — | 479 | 479 | #349 |
| 1957 | — | 516 | 516 | #335 |
| 1956 | — | 549 | 549 | #318 |
| 1955 | 5 | 524 | 529 | #324 |
| 1954 | 5 | 484 | 489 | #330 |
| 1953 | 5 | 516 | 521 | #316 |
| 1952 | 5 | 557 | 562 | #299 |
| 1951 | — | 519 | 519 | #304 |
| 1950 | — | 535 | 535 | #292 |
| 1949 | — | 535 | 535 | #292 |
| 1948 | — | 461 | 461 | #314 |
| 1947 | 6 | 525 | 531 | #299 |
| 1946 | — | 452 | 452 | #306 |
| 1945 | — | 450 | 450 | #284 |
| 1944 | — | 408 | 408 | #295 |
| 1943 | — | 448 | 448 | #291 |
| 1942 | 6 | 447 | 453 | #285 |
| 1941 | — | 395 | 395 | #292 |
| 1940 | — | 381 | 381 | #288 |
| 1939 | — | 353 | 353 | #295 |
| 1938 | — | 332 | 332 | #300 |
| 1937 | — | 360 | 360 | #285 |
| 1936 | — | 334 | 334 | #296 |
| 1935 | — | 324 | 324 | #302 |
| 1934 | — | 357 | 357 | #287 |
| 1933 | — | 317 | 317 | #300 |
| 1932 | — | 352 | 352 | #292 |
| 1931 | — | 333 | 333 | #305 |
| 1930 | 10 | 379 | 389 | #293 |
| 1929 | 5 | 348 | 353 | #299 |
| 1928 | — | 381 | 381 | #289 |
| 1927 | — | 375 | 375 | #297 |
| 1926 | — | 416 | 416 | #280 |
| 1925 | — | 426 | 426 | #278 |
| 1924 | 5 | 414 | 419 | #280 |
| 1923 | — | 478 | 478 | #258 |
| 1922 | — | 467 | 467 | #261 |
| 1921 | 5 | 448 | 453 | #266 |
| 1920 | — | 482 | 482 | #251 |
| 1919 | — | 430 | 430 | #259 |
| 1918 | 5 | 417 | 422 | #262 |
| 1917 | 8 | 413 | 421 | #248 |
| 1916 | 6 | 418 | 424 | #247 |
| 1915 | — | 388 | 388 | #246 |
| 1914 | — | 319 | 319 | #239 |
| 1913 | — | 218 | 218 | #256 |
| 1912 | — | 206 | 206 | #246 |
| 1911 | — | 128 | 128 | #225 |
| 1910 | — | 112 | 112 | #223 |
| 1909 | — | 76 | 76 | #256 |
| 1908 | — | 88 | 88 | #220 |
| 1907 | — | 71 | 71 | #249 |
| 1906 | — | 61 | 61 | #254 |
| 1905 | — | 82 | 82 | #211 |
| 1904 | — | 67 | 67 | #231 |
| 1903 | — | 76 | 76 | #204 |
| 1902 | — | 62 | 62 | #230 |
| 1901 | — | 78 | 78 | #189 |
| 1900 | — | 78 | 78 | #227 |
| 1899 | — | 52 | 52 | #232 |
| 1898 | — | 53 | 53 | #240 |
| 1897 | — | 37 | 37 | #300 |
| 1896 | — | 53 | 53 | #251 |
| 1895 | — | 58 | 58 | #231 |
| 1894 | — | 66 | 66 | #207 |
| 1893 | — | 46 | 46 | #259 |
| 1892 | — | 49 | 49 | #255 |
| 1891 | — | 51 | 51 | #226 |
| 1890 | — | 49 | 49 | #240 |
| 1889 | — | 39 | 39 | #268 |
| 1888 | — | 58 | 58 | #232 |
| 1887 | — | 44 | 44 | #242 |
| 1886 | — | 36 | 36 | #285 |
| 1885 | — | 48 | 48 | #238 |
| 1884 | — | 49 | 49 | #244 |
| 1883 | — | 52 | 52 | #209 |
| 1882 | — | 49 | 49 | #239 |
| 1881 | — | 36 | 36 | #264 |
| 1880 | — | 47 | 47 | #243 |