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How popular is “Preston” in the USA?

Number of people named “Preston” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Preston” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Preston” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Preston” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Preston” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Preston” by birth year

This chart shows how “Preston” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 47 0.000233269 47 -100%
1881 36 0.000186831 36 -100%
1882 49 0.000221186 49 -100%
1883 52 0.000239691 52 -100%
1884 49 0.000201264 49 -100%
1885 48 0.000199291 48 -100%
1886 36 0.000141002 36 -100%
1887 44 0.000177855 44 -100%
1888 58 0.000193673 58 -100%
1889 39 0.000134973 39 -100%
1890 49 0.000162574 49 -100%
1891 51 0.000177903 51 -100%
1892 49 0.000146543 49 -100%
1893 46 0.000141441 46 -100%
1894 66 0.000194868 66 -100%
1895 58 0.000165233 58 -100%
1896 53 0.000148258 53 -100%
1897 37 0.000106641 37 -100%
1898 53 0.000138942 53 -100%
1899 52 0.000153287 52 -100%
1900 78 0.000173234 78 -100%
1901 78 0.000225556 78 -100%
1902 62 0.000160317 62 -100%
1903 76 0.00019937 76 -100%
1904 67 0.000166053 67 -100%
1905 82 0.000193432 82 -100%
1906 61 0.000142373 61 -100%
1907 71 0.00015256 71 -100%
1908 88 0.000180088 88 -100%
1909 76 0.000148663 76 -100%
1910 112 0.000189602 112 -100%
1911 128 0.000198672 128 -100%
1912 206 0.000208489 206 -100%
1913 218 0.000191714 218 -100%
1914 319 0.000225228 319 -100%
1915 388 0.000211741 388 -100%
1916 424 0.000219187 6 418 -97%
1917 421 0.000209792 8 413 -96%
1918 422 0.000194371 5 417 -98%
1919 430 0.000203768 430 -100%
1920 482 0.000213025 482 -100%
1921 453 0.000194045 5 448 -98%
1922 467 0.000204005 467 -100%
1923 478 0.000207602 478 -100%
1924 419 0.000175931 5 414 -98%
1925 426 0.000182574 426 -100%
1926 416 0.000181192 416 -100%
1927 375 0.000161683 375 -100%
1928 381 0.000168514 381 -100%
1929 353 0.000161028 5 348 -97%
1930 389 0.000174966 10 379 -95%
1931 333 0.000158241 333 -100%
1932 352 0.000166723 352 -100%
1933 317 0.000158544 317 -100%
1934 357 0.000171898 357 -100%
1935 324 0.000155031 324 -100%
1936 334 0.000160764 334 -100%
1937 360 0.000168961 360 -100%
1938 332 0.000150051 332 -100%
1939 353 0.000160204 353 -100%
1940 381 0.000165459 381 -100%
1941 395 0.000162123 395 -100%
1942 453 0.000165824 6 447 -97%
1943 448 0.000158721 448 -100%
1944 408 0.000151668 408 -100%
1945 450 0.000169625 450 -100%
1946 452 0.000141457 452 -100%
1947 531 0.000147405 6 525 -98%
1948 461 0.000133526 461 -100%
1949 535 0.000153525 535 -100%
1950 535 0.000152711 535 -100%
1951 519 0.000140889 519 -100%
1952 562 0.000147972 5 557 -98%
1953 521 0.000135197 5 516 -98%
1954 489 0.000122842 5 484 -98%
1955 529 0.000131753 5 524 -98%
1956 549 0.000133154 549 -100%
1957 516 0.000122794 516 -100%
1958 479 0.000115871 479 -100%
1959 485 0.000116643 485 -100%
1960 478 0.000115075 478 -100%
1961 451 0.000108877 451 -100%
1962 484 0.000119939 484 -100%
1963 481 0.00012152 5 476 -98%
1964 461 0.000118582 8 453 -97%
1965 456 0.000125778 456 -100%
1966 520 0.000149612 520 -100%
1967 466 0.000137265 6 460 -97%
1968 506 0.000149774 8 498 -97%
1969 507 0.000145886 507 -100%
1970 522 0.000144738 522 -100%
1971 548 0.000159657 8 540 -97%
1972 574 0.000182628 6 568 -98%
1973 490 0.000162419 6 484 -98%
1974 489 0.000160855 7 482 -97%
1975 450 0.000149037 450 -100%
1976 574 0.00018917 7 567 -98%
1977 592 0.000186369 9 583 -97%
1978 597 0.000188098 597 -100%
1979 695 0.000208897 5 690 -99%
1980 768 0.000222964 5 763 -99%
1981 753 0.000217669 9 744 -98%
1982 812 0.000231473 5 807 -99%
1983 830 0.000239653 11 819 -97%
1984 910 0.000260838 6 904 -99%
1985 985 0.000275979 7 978 -99%
1986 1133 0.00031852 12 1121 -98%
1987 1287 0.000356943 9 1278 -99%
1988 1367 0.000369955 15 1352 -98%
1989 1479 0.000384711 9 1470 -99%
1990 1536 0.000388617 9 1527 -99%
1991 1436 0.000368653 10 1426 -99%
1992 1539 0.000400648 11 1528 -99%
1993 1560 0.000413762 15 1545 -98%
1994 1615 0.000434414 9 1606 -99%
1995 1728 0.000471853 13 1715 -98%
1996 1678 0.00046008 6 1672 -99%
1997 1905 0.000525409 16 1889 -98%
1998 1905 0.000517915 14 1891 -99%
1999 2301 0.000622924 10 2291 -99%
2000 2767 0.000732029 24 2743 -98%
2001 2636 0.000704175 18 2618 -99%
2002 2532 0.000677315 17 2515 -99%
2003 2654 0.000697995 14 2640 -99%
2004 2667 0.000697999 21 2646 -98%
2005 2744 0.000713683 16 2728 -99%
2006 3732 0.000943332 13 3719 -99%
2007 3813 0.000953802 17 3796 -99%
2008 3474 0.00088382 13 3461 -99%
2009 3474 0.000909382 11 3463 -99%
2010 3122 0.000844757 15 3107 -99%
2011 3057 0.00083575 21 3036 -99%
2012 2958 0.000808779 14 2944 -99%
2013 2683 0.000735942 15 2668 -99%
2014 2753 0.000742774 20 2733 -99%
2015 2474 0.000668484 19 2455 -98%
2016 2337 0.000637011 24 2313 -98%
2017 2094 0.000585539 21 2073 -98%
2018 1979 0.000562872 13 1966 -99%
2019 1767 0.000509085 19 1748 -98%
2020 1665 0.000498417 19 1646 -98%
2021 1494 0.000440975 22 1472 -97%
2022 1369 0.000404654 16 1353 -98%
2023 1247 0.000376601 17 1230 -97%
2024 1062 0.000319063 17 1045 -97%

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