as a First Name
Transferred use of the surname, in origin a local name from any of the numerous places in England named with Old English prēost ‘priest’ + tūn ‘enclosure, settlement’.
| 885th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Tens of Thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 34,386
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 88,278
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Utah
- has the most people named Preston per capita
- 2007
- marked the height of its popularity
0.02%
99.98%
11%
55+
55+
15%
30-54
30-54
19%
13-29
13-29
54%
0-12
0-12
Top state populations
U.S. Distribution Map
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