NameTides

Preston

Preston was the #299 boys' name in the US in 2025 (1,131 babies), and #914 in England & Wales and #467 in Canada.

Preston as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Preston as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaIrelandScotlandEngland & Wales
Preston as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#299 (1,131)#914 (34)#647 (4)—#577 (5)#467 (66)
2024#330 (1,048)#721 (49)—#404 (3)#655 (4)#418 (77)
2023#274 (1,232)#704 (49)#482 (6)#395 (3)#472 (7)#538 (51)
2022#255 (1,354)#548 (70)#425 (7)#414 (3)#779 (3)#385 (77)
2021#241 (1,473)#514 (76)#533 (5)#433 (3)#454 (7)#333 (101)
2020#228 (1,647)#436 (92)#476 (6)#392 (3)#637 (4)#257 (129)
2019#217 (1,748)#369 (119)#320 (11)#254 (7)#564 (5)#245 (144)
2018#205 (1,966)#325 (145)#310 (12)#283 (6)#435 (8)#249 (140)
2017#190 (2,073)#330 (146)#318 (12)#250 (7)#495 (6)#258 (141)
2016#172 (2,313)#285 (178)#256 (17)#281 (6)#372 (10)#247 (146)
2015#169 (2,456)#268 (191)#359 (9)#211 (10)#459 (7)#210 (176)
2014#148 (2,733)#248 (218)#289 (14)#213 (10)#468 (7)#178 (213)
2013#148 (2,670)#217 (242)#280 (14)#188 (12)#352 (11)#178 (203)
2012#130 (2,945)#207 (268)#246 (18)#231 (8)#379 (10)#167 (214)
2011#136 (3,037)#204 (257)#459 (6)#245 (7)#455 (7)#175 (209)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2007 at #114.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 1,500 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 1,500uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 8,000uncommon
ScotlandBoys2025about 1 in 4,900uncommon
IrelandBoys2025about 1 in 4,700uncommon
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 2,400uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Preston is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 1,700 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 1,500 to 1 in 2,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Preston by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #306WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #206NHWashington: #301WAIdaho: #230IDMontana: #227MTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #357MNIllinois: #416ILMichigan: #252MINew York: #367NYMassachusetts: #347MAOregon: #326ORNevada: #362NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #346IAIndiana: #283INOhio: #333OHPennsylvania: #261PANew Jersey: #412NJConnecticut: #361CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #383CAUtah: #409UTColorado: #441CONebraska: #432NEMissouri: #302MOKentucky: #319KYWest Virginia: #168WVVirginia: #251VAMaryland: #268MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #295AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #352KSArkansas: #353ARTennessee: #217TNNorth Carolina: #303NCSouth Carolina: #275SCDistrict of Columbia: #139DCOklahoma: #215OKLouisiana: #148LAMississippi: #132MSAlabama: #179ALGeorgia: #223GAHawaii: #214HITexas: #289TXFlorida: #290FL
Preston (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#33040

Preston (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
PrestonCanadaBoys#46766
PrestonEngland & WalesBoys#91434
PrestonIrelandBoys#5775
PrestonNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
PrestonScotlandBoys#6474
PrestonUSGirls#9,45710
PrestonUSBoys#2991,131