Preston is a familiar boys' name that peaked in 2007 and has grown less common since.
Preston is predominantly a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #299 among boys (1,131) and #9,944 among girls (10) — overall #584 across all names. The charts below show girls and boys separately.
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,141 | 1,141 | #9,944 | #299 |
| 2024 | 1,066 | 1,066 | #6,591 | #330 |
| 2023 | 1,249 | 1,249 | #6,866 | #274 |
| 2022 | 1,370 | 1,370 | #7,217 | #255 |
| 2021 | 1,495 | 1,495 | #5,700 | #241 |
| 2020 | 1,666 | 1,666 | #6,272 | #228 |
| 2019 | 1,767 | 1,767 | #6,364 | #217 |
| 2018 | 1,979 | 1,979 | #8,501 | #205 |
| 2017 | 2,094 | 2,094 | #5,990 | #190 |
| 2016 | 2,337 | 2,337 | #5,571 | #172 |
| 2015 | 2,475 | 2,475 | #6,664 | #169 |
| 2014 | 2,753 | 2,753 | #6,389 | #148 |
| 2013 | 2,685 | 2,685 | #8,066 | #148 |
| 2012 | 2,959 | 2,959 | #8,529 | #130 |
| 2011 | 3,058 | 3,058 | #6,291 | #136 |
| 2010 | 3,123 | 3,123 | #8,196 | #131 |
| 2009 | 3,476 | 3,476 | #10,496 | #120 |
| 2008 | 3,474 | 3,479 | #9,369 | #124 |
| 2007 | 3,814 | 3,814 | #7,660 | #114 |
| 2006 | 3,732 | 3,732 | #9,146 | #114 |
| 2005 | 2,744 | 2,744 | #7,414 | #146 |
| 2004 | 2,667 | 2,667 | #5,917 | #152 |
| 2003 | 2,654 | 2,654 | #7,899 | #154 |
| 2002 | 2,532 | 2,532 | #6,622 | #155 |
| 2001 | 2,636 | 2,636 | #6,252 | #152 |
| 2000 | 2,767 | 2,767 | #4,935 | #142 |
| 1999 | 2,301 | 2,301 | #9,318 | #162 |
| 1998 | 1,905 | 1,905 | #6,997 | #176 |
| 1997 | 1,905 | — | #6,097 | #178 |
| 1996 | 1,678 | — | #13,040 | #189 |
| 1995 | 1,728 | — | #6,932 | #182 |
| 1994 | 1,615 | — | #9,395 | #193 |
| 1993 | 1,560 | — | #6,173 | #197 |
| 1992 | 1,537 | — | #7,895 | #202 |
| 1991 | 1,436 | — | #8,426 | #217 |
| 1990 | 1,536 | — | #9,024 | #198 |
| 1989 | 1,479 | — | #8,548 | #200 |
| 1988 | 1,367 | — | #5,523 | #201 |
| 1987 | 1,287 | — | #7,820 | #202 |
| 1986 | 1,133 | — | #6,050 | #214 |
| 1985 | 985 | — | #9,004 | #238 |
| 1984 | 910 | — | #10,008 | #242 |
| 1983 | 830 | — | #6,107 | #255 |
| 1982 | 812 | — | #11,782 | #265 |
| 1981 | 753 | — | #7,218 | #278 |
| 1980 | 768 | — | #11,640 | #277 |
| 1979 | 695 | — | #11,416 | #294 |
| 1978 | 597 | — | — | #303 |
| 1977 | 592 | — | #6,723 | #320 |
| 1976 | 574 | — | #7,885 | #309 |
| 1975 | 450 | — | — | #368 |
| 1974 | 489 | — | #7,458 | #349 |
| 1973 | 490 | — | #8,130 | #349 |
| 1972 | 574 | — | #7,960 | #320 |
| 1971 | 549 | — | #6,435 | #340 |
| 1970 | 521 | — | — | #356 |
| 1969 | 507 | — | — | #354 |
| 1968 | 506 | — | #5,511 | #346 |
| 1967 | 466 | — | #6,587 | #348 |
| 1966 | 520 | — | — | #330 |
| 1965 | 456 | — | — | #357 |
| 1964 | 461 | — | #5,350 | #367 |
| 1963 | 481 | — | #7,363 | #356 |
| 1962 | 484 | — | — | #362 |
| 1961 | 452 | — | — | #372 |
| 1960 | 477 | — | — | #358 |
| 1959 | 485 | — | — | #352 |
| 1958 | 479 | — | — | #349 |
| 1957 | 516 | — | — | #335 |
| 1956 | 549 | — | — | #318 |
| 1955 | 529 | — | #6,497 | #324 |
| 1954 | 489 | — | #6,414 | #330 |
| 1953 | 521 | — | #6,321 | #316 |
| 1952 | 562 | — | #6,213 | #299 |
| 1951 | 519 | — | — | #305 |
| 1950 | 535 | — | — | #292 |
| 1949 | 535 | — | — | #293 |
| 1948 | 461 | — | — | #314 |
| 1947 | 531 | — | #5,157 | #299 |
| 1946 | 452 | — | — | #306 |
| 1945 | 450 | — | — | #284 |
| 1944 | 408 | — | — | #295 |
| 1943 | 448 | — | — | #291 |
| 1942 | 453 | — | #4,521 | #285 |
| 1941 | 395 | — | — | #292 |
| 1940 | 381 | — | — | #288 |
| 1939 | 353 | — | — | #295 |
| 1938 | 332 | — | — | #300 |
| 1937 | 360 | — | — | #285 |
| 1936 | 334 | — | — | #296 |
| 1935 | 324 | — | — | #302 |
| 1934 | 357 | — | — | #287 |
| 1933 | 317 | — | — | #301 |
| 1932 | 352 | — | — | #292 |
| 1931 | 333 | — | — | #305 |
| 1930 | 389 | — | #3,012 | #293 |
| 1929 | 353 | — | #5,139 | #299 |
| 1928 | 381 | — | — | #289 |
| 1927 | 375 | — | — | #296 |
| 1926 | 416 | — | — | #280 |
| 1925 | 426 | — | — | #278 |
| 1924 | 419 | — | #5,728 | #280 |
| 1923 | 478 | — | — | #257 |
| 1922 | 467 | — | — | #261 |
| 1921 | 453 | — | #5,702 | #266 |
| 1920 | 482 | — | — | #251 |
| 1919 | 430 | — | — | #259 |
| 1918 | 422 | — | #5,430 | #262 |
| 1917 | 421 | — | #3,637 | #249 |
| 1916 | 424 | — | #4,300 | #247 |
| 1915 | 388 | — | — | #246 |
| 1914 | 319 | — | — | #238 |
| 1913 | 218 | — | — | #256 |
| 1912 | 206 | — | — | #246 |
| 1911 | 128 | — | — | #226 |
| 1910 | 112 | — | — | #222 |
| 1909 | 76 | — | — | #257 |
| 1908 | 88 | — | — | #222 |
| 1907 | 71 | — | — | #251 |
| 1906 | 61 | — | — | #254 |
| 1905 | 82 | — | — | #211 |
| 1904 | 67 | — | — | #232 |
| 1903 | 76 | — | — | #205 |
| 1902 | 62 | — | — | #230 |
| 1901 | 78 | — | — | #190 |
| 1900 | 78 | — | — | #227 |
| 1899 | 52 | — | — | #232 |
| 1898 | 53 | — | — | #243 |
| 1897 | 37 | — | — | #305 |
| 1896 | 53 | — | — | #252 |
| 1895 | 58 | — | — | #233 |
| 1894 | 66 | — | — | #208 |
| 1893 | 46 | — | — | #261 |
| 1892 | 49 | — | — | #255 |
| 1891 | 51 | — | — | #225 |
| 1890 | 49 | — | — | #242 |
| 1889 | 39 | — | — | #270 |
| 1888 | 58 | — | — | #232 |
| 1887 | 44 | — | — | #243 |
| 1886 | 36 | — | — | #287 |
| 1885 | 48 | — | — | #238 |
| 1884 | 49 | — | — | #246 |
| 1883 | 52 | — | — | #211 |
| 1882 | 49 | — | — | #241 |
| 1881 | 36 | — | — | #266 |
| 1880 | 47 | — | — | #243 |