Is Prestin a boy or girl name?

Prestin is a boy’s name. Of the 740 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 0.7% were girls and 99.3% were boys.

Prestin

Recorded 1986–2024 · United States

Prestin was most popular in 2009, when 48 American babies were given the name — ranking #5,886 that year. It was not recorded in 2025. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 740 people named Prestin.

Prestin over time

Births per year. The dot marks Prestin’s peak in 2009. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Prestin a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Prestin is a boy’s name — 0.7% of the 740 Americans given it were girls and 99.3% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 5% girls and 95% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org