Elvis
Last seen for girls in 2007 at #15,491 · #1,328 for boys in 2025, 145 births
Given to boys 99.2% of the time
- Peak · boys
- 1957 · 605 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 17,971since 1881
Elvis over time
Rank among boys' names. Elvis has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #1,328 | 145 | |
| 2024 | — | #1,165 | 179 | |
| 2023 | — | #1,258 | 153 | |
| 2022 | — | #1,269 | 152 | |
| 2021 | — | #1,469 | 122 | |
| 2020 | — | #1,335 | 134 | |
| 2019 | — | #1,157 | 168 | |
| 2018 | — | #1,207 | 155 | |
| 2017 | — | #1,207 | 152 | |
| 2016 | — | #1,049 | 188 | |
| 2015 | — | #1,082 | 181 | |
| 2014 | — | #1,057 | 187 | |
| 2013 | — | #1,039 | 185 | |
| 2012 | — | #1,044 | 184 | |
| 2011 | — | #904 | 224 | |
| 2010 | — | #1,012 | 193 | |
| 2009 | — | #856 | 249 | |
| 2008 | — | #715 | 325 | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 | #673 | 355 |
| 2006 | — | #765 | 273 | |
| 2005 | — | #786 | 247 | |
| 2004 | — | #696 | 280 | |
| 2003 | — | #694 | 275 | |
| 2002 | — | #626 | 315 | |
| 2001 | — | #658 | 278 | |
| 2000 | — | #593 | 333 | |
| 1999 | — | #555 | 361 | |
| 1998 | — | #702 | 237 | |
| 1997 | — | #725 | 214 | |
| 1996 | — | #775 | 188 | |
| 1995 | — | #718 | 220 | |
| 1994 | — | #779 | 185 | |
| 1993 | #11,780 | 6 | #648 | 252 |
| 1992 | — | #748 | 190 | |
| 1991 | — | #731 | 193 | |
| 1990 | — | #719 | 200 | |
| 1989 | — | #642 | 243 | |
| 1988 | — | #692 | 183 | |
| 1987 | — | #629 | 211 | |
| 1986 | — | #714 | 161 | |
| 1985 | — | #615 | 201 | |
| 1984 | — | #703 | 154 | |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #633 | 182 |
| 1982 | #10,517 | 5 | #668 | 171 |
| 1981 | #10,411 | 5 | #594 | 208 |
| 1980 | — | #570 | 229 | |
| 1979 | — | #503 | 275 | |
| 1978 | #9,750 | 5 | #404 | 365 |
| 1977 | — | #466 | 299 | |
| 1976 | — | #679 | 148 | |
| 1975 | — | #792 | 110 | |
| 1974 | — | #676 | 145 | |
| 1973 | — | #634 | 157 | |
| 1972 | — | #729 | 119 | |
| 1971 | — | #723 | 130 | |
| 1970 | — | #717 | 131 | |
| 1969 | — | #648 | 148 | |
| 1968 | — | #642 | 139 | |
| 1967 | — | #585 | 167 | |
| 1966 | — | #682 | 118 | |
| 1965 | — | #610 | 157 | |
| 1964 | — | #677 | 130 | |
| 1963 | — | #667 | 137 | |
| 1962 | — | #598 | 168 | |
| 1961 | — | #570 | 190 | |
| 1960 | — | #510 | 242 | |
| 1959 | — | #479 | 265 | |
| 1958 | #6,103 | 5 | #403 | 374 |
| 1957 | #3,309 | 13 | #311 | 605 |
| 1956 | #5,325 | 6 | #362 | 417 |
| 1955 | — | #921 | 65 | |
| 1954 | — | #1,101 | 46 | |
| 1953 | — | #1,280 | 34 | |
| 1952 | — | #968 | 54 | |
| 1951 | — | #1,070 | 45 | |
| 1950 | — | #844 | 65 | |
| 1949 | — | #985 | 50 | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | #1,107 | 41 |
| 1947 | — | #854 | 66 | |
| 1946 | — | #890 | 55 | |
| 1945 | — | #916 | 49 | |
| 1944 | — | #841 | 56 | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | #856 | 60 |
| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 | #888 | 55 |
| 1941 | — | #858 | 54 | |
| 1940 | — | #689 | 77 | |
| 1939 | — | #717 | 69 | |
| 1938 | — | #846 | 54 | |
| 1937 | — | #880 | 49 | |
| 1936 | — | #797 | 59 | |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | #903 | 49 |
| 1934 | — | #708 | 74 | |
| 1933 | — | #824 | 56 | |
| 1932 | — | #852 | 56 | |
| 1931 | — | #794 | 62 | |
| 1930 | — | #699 | 79 | |
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | #683 | 81 |
| 1928 | — | #636 | 95 | |
| 1927 | — | #840 | 64 | |
| 1926 | #3,046 | 10 | #671 | 89 |
| 1925 | — | #759 | 75 | |
| 1924 | #3,393 | 9 | #859 | 64 |
| 1923 | #3,641 | 8 | #631 | 103 |
| 1922 | #5,009 | 5 | #624 | 106 |
| 1921 | — | #707 | 85 | |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | #766 | 74 |
| 1919 | #4,814 | 5 | #584 | 106 |
| 1918 | #3,512 | 8 | #641 | 92 |
| 1917 | — | #749 | 69 | |
| 1916 | — | #790 | 61 | |
| 1915 | #3,134 | 8 | #734 | 66 |
| 1914 | — | #758 | 48 | |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 | #914 | 29 |
| 1912 | — | #635 | 43 | |
| 1911 | — | #856 | 15 | |
| 1910 | — | #707 | 18 | |
| 1909 | — | #840 | 12 | |
| 1908 | — | #1,021 | 8 | |
| 1907 | — | #866 | 10 | |
| 1906 | — | #852 | 9 | |
| 1905 | — | #699 | 12 | |
| 1904 | — | #874 | 8 | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | #651 | 12 | |
| 1901 | — | #858 | 7 | |
| 1900 | — | #968 | 8 | |
| 1899 | — | #613 | 11 | |
| 1898 | — | #744 | 9 | |
| 1897 | — | #787 | 8 | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | #1,079 | 5 | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | #836 | 7 | |
| 1892 | — | #861 | 7 | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | — | #974 | 5 | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | #921 | 5 | |
| 1886 | — | #758 | 7 | |
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | #653 | 8 | |
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five boys were named Elvis! It came in at #653, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1885, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.
Where Elvis is popular in 1911
No state had 5 or more boys named Elvis in 1911, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Elvis
- 163 spots since 2024 (#1,165 → #1,328)
- 7 spots since 2020 (#1,335 → #1,328)
- 246 spots since 2015 (#1,082 → #1,328)
- Biggest jump: 559 spots in 1956 (#921 → #362)
- Biggest drop: 355 spots in 1900 (#613 → #968)
- Debuted 1881
- Peaked 1957 at #311 (605 births)
- Births halved by 1959, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 114 yrs · run 1955–2009
- Highest: 1 in 3,566 boys born in 1957 were named Elvis (0.03%)
- Latest: 1 in 11,780 boys born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 16.3% of all boys named Elvis (2,930) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 25 | #653 (1881) | #827 |
| 1890s | 47 | #613 (1899) | #820 |
| 1900s | 86 | #651 (1902) | #848 |
| 1910s | 547 | #584 (1919) | #737 |
| 1920s | 836 | #624 (1922) | #718 |
| 1930s | 607 | #699 (1930) | #802 |
| 1940s | 563 | #689 (1940) | #888 |
| 1950s | 1,970 | #311 (1957) | #774 |
| 1960s | 1,596 | #510 (1960) | #619 |
| 1970s | 1,879 | #404 (1978) | #632 |
| 1980s | 1,943 | #570 (1980) | #646 |
| 1990s | 2,240 | #555 (1999) | #710 |
| 2000s | 2,930 | #593 (2000) | #706 |
| 2010s | 1,817 | #904 (2011) | #1,076 |
| 2020s | 885 | #1,165 (2024) | #1,304 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Elvis in 1911
Top boys' names in 1911
More about 1911
boys
225,970 boys got a published name in 1911; 1 in 15,065 of them was named Elvis, which outranked 57.2% of the 1,999 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).