Presten
Presten is a Norwegian mockumentary series that premiered in 2017 on NRK.
Meaning & Origin of Presten
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Presten is a Norwegian mockumentary series that premiered in 2017 on NRK.
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The Story of Presten
The earliest SSA record of Presten as a baby boy name dates back to 1990, when 5 babies received it. 2008 was its biggest year on record, with 42 newborns named Presten — #2,828 in the national rankings. About 51% of every Presten on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. Presten last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 600 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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About the name Presten
Presten is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1990 and has accumulated 600 births in the dataset. Presten's peak popularity came in 2008 when it ranked #2,828. Use the chart and map above to compare Presten's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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