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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201956peak #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 1956

girls
#5,325
6 births · 1 in 334,617 girls
boys
#362
417 births · 1 in 5,073 boys

Top girls' names in 1956

  1. #1Mary61,741
  2. #2Debra48,324
  3. #3Linda48,084
  4. #4Deborah47,834
  5. #5Susan46,558
  6. #6Patricia43,329
  7. #7Karen40,052
  8. #8Cynthia32,339
  9. #9Barbara32,302
  10. #10Donna29,852
  11. #5,325Elvis6

Top boys' names in 1956

  1. #1Michael90,691
  2. #2James84,897
  3. #3Robert83,924
  4. #4David81,652
  5. #5John80,804
  6. #6William58,991
  7. #7Richard52,915
  8. #8Mark48,828
  9. #9Thomas44,836
  10. #10Steven38,413
  11. #362Elvis417
More about 1956

girls

2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 334,617 of them was named Elvis, which outranked 22.7% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elvis
  1. #4,837Zane7
  2. #4,837Zanetta7
  3. #4,837Zeola7
  4. #5,325Elvis6
  5. #5,325Adda6
  6. #5,325Al6
  7. #5,325Alacia6
  8. #5,952Adelene5
  9. #5,952Adelmira5
  10. #5,952Adlene5

Tied with 626 names at #5,325; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 993Sheena#1,839#846
  2. 770Glendora#1,733#963
  3. 684Leesa#1,209#525
  4. 543Marisa#1,074#531
  5. 537Dani#1,383#846
Fallers
  1. 513Sheilah#663#1,176
  2. 481Jeryl#768#1,249
  3. 344Jacalyn#496#840
  4. 325Roni#536#861
  5. 314Florine#984#1,298

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

boys

2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 5,073 of them was named Elvis, which outranked 91.9% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elvis
  1. #359Ellis419
  2. #360Alonzo418
  3. #360Pat418
  4. #362Elvis417
  5. #363Sheldon414
  6. #364Dallas411
  7. #365Lionel410
Biggest movers since 1955
Risers
  1. 1,847Jace#2,764#917
  2. 678Rich#1,572#894
  3. 590Broderick#1,273#683
  4. 559Elvis#921#362
  5. 513Tracey#1,419#906
Fallers
  1. 351Adolphus#906#1,257
  2. 336Randolf#949#1,285
  3. 279Cordell#792#1,071
  4. 272Rudolfo#885#1,157
  5. 269Aurelio#949#1,218

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

See the top 100 for 1956