Presten
Masculine · “A spelling of Preston”
Presten is Preston with an e, a spelling of the English place-name surname that became a popular boy's name. The most famous Preston in Hollywood sold his best script for ten dollars so he could direct it himself.
How old is the name Presten?
Presten first appears in US birth records in 1990 — 35 years ago. The typical Presten alive today was born around 2007, making them about 18 years old. About 600 people named Presten are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Presten most popular?
Presten peaked in 2002, reaching #2685 nationally. See the whole 2002 chart.
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Where it comes from
From preost tun to Presten
The story of Presten
Preston Sturges was already a successful screenwriter when he sold Paramount his script for The Great McGinty for ten dollars, on the condition that he direct it; it won him the Academy Award for original screenplay, and he became one of the first Hollywood writers to direct his own scripts, making a string of fast, sharp comedies. Presten, with its e, is one of the spellings American families have used for Preston; nothing records why.
Meaning
A spelling of Preston, 'priests' farmstead'
Preston is an English place name, from Old English preost, 'priest', and tun, 'farmstead'.
How the name formed
- preost tun
- Preston
- Presten
Related forms: Preston
Pronouncing Presten
PRES-tun
Two syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Presten
Limited
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1990
- Most boys named
- 200842 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2685reached in 2002
- Change vs 2022
- 0.0%8 in 2023, from 8
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Presten in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Preston in English — spelling variant
Prestens among us
people named Presten are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Presten sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds like Preston, a name everyone knows.
- A settled English meaning.
- Comes with Pres as a ready short form.
- Almost everyone will write Preston.
- Some will read the e as a slip.
- It sounds like a name of its generation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Prestens are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Presten are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Presten in 2025?
- Presten is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Presten with classmates?
- Presten will almost certainly be the only one in school.
More P names
The most-given names starting with P, all years combined.
Paul#262 · Patrick#235 · Peter#187 · Philip#527 · Phillip#651 · Parker#102 · Preston#299 · Pedro#455
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