Recorded 1996–2025 · United States
Prestyn was most popular in 2009, when 67 American babies were given the name — ranking #4,659 that year. In 2025 it ranked #8,844, with 25 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,164 people named Prestyn.
Prestyn first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1996, which makes it about 29 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 29 of the 30 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 1,164 American births named Prestyn between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 1,153 are estimated to be alive today.
25 American babies were named Prestyn in 2025, ranking #8,844 that year.
Prestyn is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 35 births a year, against 57 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -39% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Prestyn is a unisex name — 27.9% of the 1,164 Americans given it were girls and 72.1% were boys. It changed hands: since 2025 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 39% girls and 61% 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.
Roughly 1,153 Americans named Prestyn are alive today — 99% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 13 years old, and half are between 8 and 18. That is a narrow band: Prestyn arrived and faded within about a decade rather than staying in steady use.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org