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.
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 1958
Top girls' names in 1958
Top boys' names in 1958
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).
Tied with 927 names at #6,103; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
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).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.