Preston

Meaning: Priest's settlement
Origin: English surname

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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#467 in Canada (2025) · #577 in Ireland (2025) · #647 in Scotland (2025) · #914 in England & Wales (2025) · #1,672 in France (2025) · #404 in N. Ireland (2024) · #3,192 in Austria (2021) · #7,783 in Ecuador (2021) · #1,527 in Sweden (2020) · #1,373 in Belgium (2019) · #425 in New Zealand (2018) · #754 in Poland (2017).

Famous Prestons

Preston Sturges — American film director and screenwriter (1898–1959)
Preston Lacy — American stunt performer (born 1969)
Preston Brooks — American politician (1819–1857)
Preston Tucker — American automobile entrepreneur (1903–1956)
Preston Foster — American actor and singer (1900–1970)

In stories & tradition

Preston Burke — Fictional character from Grey's Anatomy
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-Turkish professional basketball player (born 1979).

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

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