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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #311, 1957boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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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 1929

girls
#4,570
5 births · 1 in 223,312 girls
boys
#683
81 births · 1 in 13,279 boys

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #4,570Elvis5

Top boys' names in 1929

  1. #1Robert59,807
  2. #2James52,135
  3. #3John52,112
  4. #4William47,815
  5. #5Charles29,930
  6. #6Richard29,572
  7. #7Donald27,181
  8. #8George23,020
  9. #9Joseph21,165
  10. #10Edward17,220
  11. #683Elvis81
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 223,312 of them was named Elvis, which outranked 13.4% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elvis
  1. #4,053Zillah6
  2. #4,053Zollie6
  3. #4,053Zorka6
  4. #4,570Elvis5
  5. #4,570Adabelle5
  6. #4,570Adelyne5
  7. #4,570Adonna5

Tied with 707 names at #4,570; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 1,951Dorla#2,623#672
  2. 797Ingrid#1,738#941
  3. 534Sydell#1,502#968
  4. 521Elenor#1,502#981
  5. 406Jeanine#888#482
Fallers
  1. 937Joline#888#1,825
  2. 259Mafalda#936#1,195
  3. 250Lorelei#994#1,244
  4. 249Ardelle#888#1,137
  5. 234Charmaine#420#654

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

boys

1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 13,279 of them was named Elvis, which outranked 85.0% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elvis
  1. #678Darold82
  2. #678Gayle82
  3. #678Lucien82
  4. #683Elvis81
  5. #683Alvie81
  6. #683Alvis81
  7. #683Carey81
  8. #689Donal80
  9. #689Fay80
  10. #689Kay80

Tied with 5 names at #683; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 2,188Davey#2,843#655
  2. 554Davie#1,413#859
  3. 374Derald#1,095#721
  4. 358Vernal#1,353#995
  5. 350Ken#1,228#878
Fallers
  1. 530Adolf#950#1,480
  2. 426Quinton#913#1,339
  3. 349Thornton#963#1,312
  4. 346Verlyn#891#1,237
  5. 346Isidore#891#1,237

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

See the top 100 for 1929