Preston
Top 1000
About Preston
Britney Spears put this old-fashioned surname name back on the map when she chose it as her son Sean's middle name, which the family uses as his first.
One of the most popular names of its genre, it's been heard on such TV shows as Desperate Housewives, Grey's Anatomy and The Wire. The most memorable bearer of the name is probably Preston Sturges (born Edmund), one of the leading screwball comedy writer/directors of Hollywood's Golden Age.
As of October 2026, Preston ranked #299 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #114 in 2007, Nameberry popularity #659.
Editor's take: The name Preston is a boy's name of English origin meaning "priest's estate".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #148 | 2,733 | 1,422.8 |
| 2015 | #169 | 2,455 | 1,280.8 |
| 2016 | #172 | 2,313 | 1,218.8 |
| 2017 | #190 | 2,073 | 1,120 |
| 2018 | #205 | 1,966 | 1,082.5 |
| 2019 | #217 | 1,748 | 974.2 |
| 2020 | #228 | 1,646 | 953.6 |
| 2021 | #241 | 1,472 | 841.4 |
| 2022 | #255 | 1,353 | 774.9 |
| 2023 | #275 | 1,230 | 719.1 |
| 2024 | #329 | 1,045 | 606.5 |
| 2025 | #299 | 1,131 | 662.1 |
World rankings
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Preston on lists
Famous Prestons
- Preston Sturges (born Edmund Preston Biden)
American playwright and director
- Preston Smith Brooks
American Congressman from South Carolina
- (Ernest) Preston Manning
Canadian MP and Leader of the Opposition
- Preston Brust
American country music singer of band LoCash
- Preston Reed
American guitarist
- Preston Lacy
American stunt performer and TV personality ("Jackass")
- Preston Thomas Tucker
American automaker
- Preston Blaine Arsement
American YouTuber
- Preston Joe Abbott Nyman
English actor
- Reginald Herbert "Preston" Lockwood
English actor
- Preston Pippen
son of American basketballer Scottie Pippen
- Preston Michael Schwig (b. 2010)
son of Kayla Jackson and Michael Schwig
- Jeffrey Preston "Jeff" Bezos
founder and CEO of Amazon.com
- Leon Preston Robinson IV
American actor
- Sean Preston Federline
son of singer Britney Spears and Kevin Federline
Preston in pop culture
- Preston Xavier Burke
character on TV's "Grey's Anatomy"
- Preston Meyers
main character in film "Can't Hardly Wait"
- Preston
character from the movie "Super 8"
- Preston Scavo
character on TV's "Desperate Housewives"
- Preston
character in film "She's All That"
- Preston
city in Lancashire, UK
- Preston Garvey
a character and companion in the video game "Fallout 4"
- Preston Goodplay
character in the Rooster Teeth animated series "Camp Camp"