Preston

What Preston means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Preston yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #299 vs #914 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Preston?

US: Falling: down from #169 in 2015. England & Wales: Falling: down from #268 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2007, when 3,797 boys got the name (#114 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 1,510 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 7,998 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 4,910 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DC (2.37 per 1,000 boys), MS (2.21 per 1,000 boys), WV (1.79 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Preston is #299 in the US and #914 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.1% of US babies named Preston were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

Wiktionary only lists the UK pronunciation so far.

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Prestyn8 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Preston

Boys

• Keegan#621“son of Aidan”^*
• Chase#192Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2009, with 7,394 babies; 1,904 in 2025
• Keaton#769possibly “hedge, enclosure + farmstead, settlement”^*
• Drake#827“dragon”^*
• Peyton#683Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2007, with 3,375 babies; 398 in 2025
• Gage#973Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2003, with 2,939 babies; 235 in 2025

For a sister

• Kaylee#255Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #61 in 2015, #255 in 2025
• Kayleigh#799Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #324 in 2015, #799 in 2025
• Makenzie#700Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #210 in 2015, #700 in 2025
• Kendall#328“spring + valley”^*
• Hailey#104“hay + clearing”^*
• Macy#718Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 2003, with 1,483 babies; 390 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Preston’s. Rank is US 2025.