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

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Peak · boys
1957 · 605 births
Debut · boys
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
17,971
since 1881

Elvis over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Elvis has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201915peak #311, 1957boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1,328145
2024#1,165179
2023#1,258153
2022#1,269152
2021#1,469122
2020#1,335134
2019#1,157168
2018#1,207155
2017#1,207152
2016#1,049188
2015#1,082181
2014#1,057187
2013#1,039185
2012#1,044184
2011#904224
2010#1,012193
2009#856249
2008#715325
2007#15,4916#673355
2006#765273
2005#786247
2004#696280
2003#694275
2002#626315
2001#658278
2000#593333
1999#555361
1998#702237
1997#725214
1996#775188
1995#718220
1994#779185
1993#11,7806#648252
1992#748190
1991#731193
1990#719200
1989#642243
1988#692183
1987#629211
1986#714161
1985#615201
1984#703154
1983#9,0156#633182
1982#10,5175#668171
1981#10,4115#594208
1980#570229
1979#503275
1978#9,7505#404365
1977#466299
1976#679148
1975#792110
1974#676145
1973#634157
1972#729119
1971#723130
1970#717131
1969#648148
1968#642139
1967#585167
1966#682118
1965#610157
1964#677130
1963#667137
1962#598168
1961#570190
1960#510242
1959#479265
1958#6,1035#403374
1957#3,30913#311605
1956#5,3256#362417
1955#92165
1954#1,10146
1953#1,28034
1952#96854
1951#1,07045
1950#84465
1949#98550
1948#5,2435#1,10741
1947#85466
1946#89055
1945#91649
1944#84156
1943#4,1966#85660
1942#4,6225#88855
1941#85854
1940#68977
1939#71769
1938#84654
1937#88049
1936#79759
1935#2,73110#90349
1934#70874
1933#82456
1932#85256
1931#79462
1930#69979
1929#4,5705#68381
1928#63695
1927#84064
1926#3,04610#67189
1925#75975
1924#3,3939#85964
1923#3,6418#631103
1922#5,0095#624106
1921#70785
1920#4,3986#76674
1919#4,8145#584106
1918#3,5128#64192
1917#74969
1916#79061
1915#3,1348#73466
1914#75848
1913#3,1875#91429
1912#63543
1911#85615
1910#70718
1909#84012
1908#1,0218
1907#86610
1906#8529
1905#69912
1904#8748
1903
1902#65112
1901#8587
1900#9688
1899#61311
1898#7449
1897#7878
1896
1895#1,0795
1894
1893#8367
1892#8617
1891
1890
1889#9745
1888
1887#9215
1886#7587
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881#6538
1880
First appearance
1881

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.

See more about Elvis
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · boys
76 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1881
  • Peaked 1957 at #311 (605 births)
  • Births halved by 1959, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 114 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 114 yrs · run 1955–2009
Share of babies · boys
1 in 3,566
  • 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%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
  • 16.3% of all boys named Elvis (2,930) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s25#653 (1881)#827
1890s47#613 (1899)#820
1900s86#651 (1902)#848
1910s547#584 (1919)#737
1920s836#624 (1922)#718
1930s607#699 (1930)#802
1940s563#689 (1940)#888
1950s1,970#311 (1957)#774
1960s1,596#510 (1960)#619
1970s1,879#404 (1978)#632
1980s1,943#570 (1980)#646
1990s2,240#555 (1999)#710
2000s2,930#593 (2000)#706
2010s1,817#904 (2011)#1,076
2020s885#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 1915

girls
#3,134
8 births · 1 in 122,982 girls
boys
#734
66 births · 1 in 12,857 boys

Top girls' names in 1915

  1. #1Mary58,187
  2. #2Helen30,866
  3. #3Dorothy25,154
  4. #4Margaret23,054
  5. #5Ruth21,878
  6. #6Mildred15,254
  7. #7Anna15,119
  8. #8Elizabeth14,103
  9. #9Frances12,786
  10. #10Evelyn11,595
  11. #3,134Elvis8

Top boys' names in 1915

  1. #1John47,576
  2. #2William38,563
  3. #3James33,773
  4. #4Robert28,737
  5. #5Joseph23,051
  6. #6George22,307
  7. #7Charles21,960
  8. #8Edward15,889
  9. #9Frank15,006
  10. #10Thomas11,490
  11. #734Elvis66
More about 1915

girls

983,852 girls got a published name in 1915; 1 in 122,982 of them was named Elvis, which outranked 36.9% of the 4,967 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elvis
  1. #2,900Zilla9
  2. #2,900Zofia9
  3. #2,900Zonie9
  4. #3,134Elvis8
  5. #3,134Adalene8
  6. #3,134Adalyn8
  7. #3,134Adria8
  8. #3,434Adelyne7
  9. #3,434Albertia7
  10. #3,434Alexine7

Tied with 299 names at #3,134; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 500Gerda#1,444#944
  2. 451Theda#1,034#583
  3. 441Dominga#1,385#944
  4. 354Vernon#1,344#990
  5. 308Loyce#1,147#839
Fallers
  1. 383Drusilla#956#1,339
  2. 342Rossie#798#1,140
  3. 335Arlie#855#1,190
  4. 329Orene#956#1,285
  5. 329Margot#988#1,317

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

848,575 boys got a published name in 1915; 1 in 12,857 of them was named Elvis, which outranked 83.3% of the 4,390 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elvis
  1. #725Silvio67
  2. #725Urban67
  3. #725Vester67
  4. #734Elvis66
  5. #734Bradley66
  6. #734Burt66
  7. #734Crawford66
  8. #741Clarance65
  9. #741Clovis65
  10. #741Gardner65

Tied with 6 names at #734; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1914
Risers
  1. 691Eston#1,687#996
  2. 565Estill#1,545#980
  3. 545Garth#1,260#715
  4. 474Hiroshi#1,342#868
  5. 439Domingo#1,101#662
Fallers
  1. 674Gilmore#986#1,660
  2. 667Barnett#933#1,600
  3. 526Rose#884#1,410
  4. 517Toivo#855#1,372
  5. 461Sampson#949#1,410

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1915