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Preston

Boy's name · #299 in the US (2025) · 2000s wave

Popularity over time

Preston's best rank, #114, came in 2006; it has settled back to #299 today. Roughly 123,000 boys have been named Preston since 1880. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 43 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#647 in Ireland (2025) · #736 in Scotland (2025) · #925 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,672 in France (2025) · #417 in Canada (2024).

Famous Prestons

• Preston Sturges — American film director and screenwriter (1898–1959)
• Preston Foster — American actor, vocalist (1900–1970)
• Preston Tucker — American businessman (1903–1956)
• Preston Brooks — South Carolina politician. (1819–1857)
• Preston Smith — Governor of Texas (1912–2003)

In stories & tradition

• Preston Burke — Grey's Anatomy (TV series)
• Preston Stormer^ko — Hero Factory
• Preston — A Close Shave (film)

What Prestons become

Among 286 notable people named Preston:

Sports figures appear 1.89× more often than among typical names — e.g. Preston Shumpert, American-born, naturalised-Turkish professional basketball player.

Similar names: Brady · Prince · Blake · Ashton · Clayton · Paxton

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