Preston
A boys’ name of Old English origin, meaning priest's homestead or settlement.
How Preston has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #170 |
| 2016 | #172 |
| 2017 | #190 |
| 2018 | #204 |
| 2019 | #217 |
| 2020 | #228 |
| 2021 | #241 |
| 2022 | #255 |
| 2023 | #275 |
| 2024 | #329 |
| 2025 | #299 |
Preston by the numbers
In 2025, 34 babies in England and Wales were named Preston. In the US, 2,075 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 3,791 babies in 2007, making it a 2000s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Preston. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Prestynpriest's homestead or settlement; a modern respelling of Preston58 in the US (2017)
- Prestenpriest settlement; a form of Preston14 in the US (2017)
- Prestin14 in the US (2017)
- Peytonfrom Paega's town; an English place name used as given name4,236 in the US (2017)
- Paeton7 in the US (2017)
- Pryson6 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Preston, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Graysonson of the steward8,767 in the US (2017)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Chaseto hunt; one who hunts4,207 in the US (2017)
- Georgefarmer, earth worker3,082 in England and Wales (2025)
- Baileybailiff or steward of a castle2,561 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Preston
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