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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201958peak #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 1958

girls
#6,103
5 births · 1 in 402,324 girls
boys
#403
374 births · 1 in 5,675 boys

Top girls' names in 1958

  1. #1Mary55,848
  2. #2Susan45,175
  3. #3Linda41,904
  4. #4Karen38,487
  5. #5Patricia37,961
  6. #6Debra35,521
  7. #7Deborah32,943
  8. #8Cynthia31,014
  9. #9Barbara27,874
  10. #10Donna26,959
  11. #6,103Elvis5

Top boys' names in 1958

  1. #1Michael90,604
  2. #2David82,681
  3. #3James78,774
  4. #4Robert77,338
  5. #5John76,057
  6. #6William54,254
  7. #7Mark52,698
  8. #8Richard50,007
  9. #9Thomas42,088
  10. #10Steven32,968
  11. #403Elvis374
More about 1958

girls

2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 402,324 of them was named Elvis, which outranked 13.2% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elvis
  1. #5,408Zebbie6
  2. #5,408Zelphia6
  3. #5,408Zondra6
  4. #6,103Elvis5
  5. #6,103Abigale5
  6. #6,103Adalia5
  7. #6,103Adaline5

Tied with 927 names at #6,103; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. 1,133Brigitte#1,904#771
  2. 760Samantha#1,754#994
  3. 709Selena#1,388#679
  4. 672Tambra#1,588#916
  5. 570Bridgette#1,274#704
Fallers
  1. 312Sarita#970#1,282
  2. 311Beryl#910#1,221
  3. 309Sherree#827#1,136
  4. 275Winnie#965#1,240
  5. 236Jacalyn#975#1,211

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

boys

2,122,409 boys got a published name in 1958; 1 in 5,675 of them was named Elvis, which outranked 91.0% of the 4,502 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Elvis
  1. #399Stephan381
  2. #401Ervin377
  3. #402Vance376
  4. #403Elvis374
  5. #403Casey374
  6. #405Homer373
  7. #406Owen370
  8. #407Blake366

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. 742Wayde#1,364#622
  2. 568Maverick#1,364#796
  3. 516Darren#897#381
  4. 435Tobin#1,250#815
  5. 406Dion#928#522
Fallers
  1. 388Claud#957#1,345
  2. 349Ritchie#823#1,172
  3. 333Levon#944#1,277
  4. 320Weston#957#1,277
  5. 297Parker#925#1,222

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

See the top 100 for 1958