girls:
295 births since 2003
#5421 (5th percentile)
boys:
817 births since 1996
#3770 (18th percentile)
overall:
1.1k births since 1996
#6627 (14th percentile)
The name Prestyn is the #6,627 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,112 recorded births since 1996. This represents the 14.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 14.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #3,770 (17.7% percentile) for all time with 817 births since 1996. For girls, it ranks #5,421 (5.1% percentile) for all time with 295 births since 2003.
Prestyn first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1996 (1996 for boys and 2003 for girls). Birth data for Prestyn is available in 27 out of the 28 years between 1996 and 2023 (27 years for boys and 20 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Prestyn has been given predominantly to boys, with 73.5% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 60.5% of babies named Prestyn were boys.
For boys, Prestyn reached its peak popularity in 2008, achieving the 6.0% percentile (ranked #853) with 27 births per million. The name was most common in 2009, with 27 births per million (ranked 5.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Prestyn ranks #893 for boys (2.0% percentile) with 13 births per million, which is 45.9% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Prestyn reached its peak popularity in 2012, achieving the 1.9% percentile (ranked #919) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Prestyn ranks #937 for girls (1.1% percentile) with 9 births per million, which is 69.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Prestyn".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Prestyn. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 74.4% confident that Prestyn is pronounced as PREH-stihn, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is PREH-stuhn, at 14.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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