The name Preston is of English origin, and means priest's town.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Preston has been given to baby boys in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby boys in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Preston
Use of the Name Preston for Boys During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
72,716
53,190
40,386
22,537
13,097
5,234
2,610
The table below indicates the number of times the name Preston has been given to baby boys and baby girls each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to boys or girls, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Preston
Used as a Boy Name
Used as a Girl Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
243
47
1881
266
36
1882
241
49
1883
211
52
1884
246
49
1885
238
48
1886
287
36
1887
243
44
1888
232
58
1889
270
39
1890
242
49
1891
225
51
1892
255
49
1893
261
46
1894
208
66
1895
233
58
1896
252
53
1897
305
37
1898
243
53
1899
232
52
1900
227
78
1901
190
78
1902
230
62
1903
205
76
1904
232
67
1905
211
82
1906
255
61
1907
251
71
1908
220
88
1909
257
76
1910
222
112
1911
223
128
1912
246
204
1913
256
220
1914
238
320
1915
246
387
1916
247
420
1917
248
413
1918
262
419
1919
258
430
1920
251
482
1921
266
447
1922
262
467
1923
257
476
1924
280
415
1925
277
427
1926
281
412
1927
293
378
1928
290
379
1929
299
344
1930
293
382
1931
305
336
1932
294
349
1933
303
312
1934
286
356
1935
302
325
1936
295
334
1937
285
359
1938
301
330
1939
296
353
1940
288
380
1941
290
399
1942
286
447
1943
293
443
1944
295
407
1945
284
446
1946
304
452
1947
299
521
1948
314
463
1949
292
536
1950
292
535
1951
305
517
1952
300
558
1953
316
513
1954
330
482
1955
324
522
1956
318
546
1957
335
515
1958
349
477
1959
352
489
1960
357
478
1961
373
446
1962
361
487
1963
357
475
1964
367
452
1965
356
457
1966
330
521
1967
349
458
1968
348
499
1969
353
509
1970
357
521
1971
344
537
1972
320
569
1973
349
483
1974
350
479
1975
367
451
1976
309
567
1977
320
581
1978
302
597
1979
294
688
1980
277
759
1981
278
742
1982
266
803
1983
254
819
1984
242
903
1985
238
976
1986
214
1,121
1987
202
1,277
1988
201
1,347
1989
200
1,468
1990
198
1,530
1991
217
1,427
1992
202
1,526
1993
197
1,544
1994
192
1,607
1995
182
1,710
1996
189
1,667
1997
178
1,888
1998
176
1,888
1999
162
2,287
2000
142
2,741
2001
151
2,610
2002
155
2,512
2003
154
2,624
2004
152
2,610
Totals:
72,716
0
During the last 125 years, parents have used Preston as a boy's name nearly 100% of the time and hardly ever as a girl's name.