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How popular is the name Preston?
Births per year, rank history and how many Prestons are alive today.
Preston (male) is an uncommon boys' name in England and Wales, ranked 914th in 2025 with 34 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2006, when 330 babies were given the name, the 149th most popular that year. It has declined since 2006; the 2025 figure is roughly 10% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years.
The Preston you are most likely to meet is around 14 years old. Half of all Prestons born in England and Wales are between 10 and 18, and there are at least 3,400 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's roughly a 1.1% chance that at least one of them will be called Preston.
How many babies are named Preston each year?
Where does Preston rank among boys' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Preston most popular?
Preston peaked in 2006, when 330 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Preston?
At least 3,400 people named Preston born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Preston?
Most living Prestons are between 10 and 18; the most common age is about 14.
Is Preston becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2006 peak.