Presley

#225 for girls in 2025, 1,362 births · #1,808 for boys in 2025, 88 births
Given to girls 86.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
2015 · 1,728 births
Debut · girls
7 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
31,778
since 1977

Presley over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202017peak #188, 2015peak #706, 1881girlsboys
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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#2251,362#1,80888
2024#2251,374#1,73595
2023#1971,520#1,650104
2022#2311,314#1,403132
2021#2131,407#1,597107
2020#2131,359#1,563105
2019#2061,474#1,322138
2018#2061,497#1,431122
2017#2001,535#1,276142
2016#2001,606#1,421122
2015#1881,728#1,327133
2014#1901,743#1,252143
2013#1991,630#1,291134
2012#2031,536#1,295134
2011#2281,395#1,350125
2010#2751,206#1,250140
2009#2711,207#1,143160
2008#337989#1,294134
2007#340971#1,299134
2006#352939#1,350120
2005#512582#1,431103
2004#566507#1,206126
2003#656404#1,187125
2002#693362#1,107132
2001#808292#1,191114
2000#789291#1,253105
1999#953217#1,87952
1998#988204#2,15742
1997#1,086173#2,54631
1996#1,119162#2,48331
1995#1,144153#2,25335
1994#1,191148#2,01241
1993#1,138156#2,50929
1992#1,284133#2,04638
1991#1,67788#2,54427
1990#2,17459#3,77915
1989#4,84818#2,78422
1988#6,27712#2,96118
1987#4,23910
1986#8,5237#2,68419
1985#9,3076#2,94216
1984#3,10714
1983#3,63011
1982#3,69211
1981#10,4115#3,85810
1980#2,83116
1979#2,56818
1978#2,47318
1977#7,5677#2,06323
1976#2,82614
1975#2,90213
1974#3,8378
1973#2,71613
1972#2,81912
1971#2,68613
1970#2,62113
1969#2,86110
1968#2,57611
1967#2,03015
1966#3,5376
1965#2,61710
1964#2,31013
1963#2,30013
1962#1,89618
1961#2,53811
1960#2,42312
1959#1,91618
1958#2,50611
1957#1,45729
1956#1,56825
1955#1,97916
1954#1,76219
1953#1,83618
1952#1,70120
1951#1,59822
1950#1,39527
1949#2,02214
1948#1,81717
1947#1,48225
1946#1,44024
1945#2,00912
1944#1,89014
1943#1,83316
1942#1,53721
1941#1,63318
1940#1,31126
1939#2,6098
1938#1,68917
1937#1,48121
1936#1,63917
1935#1,75716
1934#1,49821
1933#1,70717
1932#1,92215
1931#2,10113
1930#1,53323
1929#1,73119
1928#1,44826
1927#2,52311
1926#2,07415
1925#1,87018
1924#1,77620
1923#1,64422
1922#1,59123
1921#1,50925
1920#2,05216
1919#1,29730
1918#1,64821
1917#1,47923
1916#1,84916
1915#1,34225
1914#1,97511
1913#2,4966
1912#2,5445
1911
1910#1,1189
1909
1908#1,0218
1907#1,3455
1906#1,2535
1905#1,0027
1904
1903#7839
1902
1901
1900#1,3105
1899
1898
1897
1896
1895
1894#9546
1893#9076
1892
1891#7667
1890
1889
1888
1887
1886#9595
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881#7067
1880#9095
First appearance
1977

The first year at least five girls were named Presley! It came in at #7,567, and was given to 7 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1978–1984, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Presley
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • Held #225 since 2024
  • 12 spots since 2020 (#213#225)
  • 37 spots since 2015 (#188#225)
  • Biggest jump: 164 spots in 2000 (#953#789)
  • Biggest drop: 28 spots in 2024 (#197#225)
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1977
  • Peaked 2015 at #188 (1,728 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 28 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 28 yrs · run 1998–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,025
  • Highest: 1 in 1,025 girls born in 2014 were named Presley (0.10%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,180 girls born in 2025 (0.08%)
  • Its best rank, #188 in 2015, was only 1 in 1,033 (0.10%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 48.3% of all girls named Presley (15,350) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1990
  • Mostly boys until 1989, mostly girls since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s7#7,567 (1977)#7,567
1980s48#4,848 (1989)#7,873
1990s1,493#953 (1999)#1,275
2000s6,544#271 (2009)#532
2010s15,350#188 (2015)#210
2020s8,336#197 (2023)#217

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Presley in 2017

girls
#200
1,535 births · 1 in 1,125 girls
boys
#1,276
142 births · 1 in 13,035 boys

Top girls' names in 2017

  1. #1Emma19,873
  2. #2Olivia18,778
  3. #3Ava16,017
  4. #4Isabella15,263
  5. #5Sophia14,947
  6. #6Mia13,521
  7. #7Charlotte12,969
  8. #8Amelia11,870
  9. #9Evelyn10,748
  10. #10Abigail10,645
  11. #200Presley1,535

Top boys' names in 2017

  1. #1Liam18,874
  2. #2Noah18,507
  3. #3William15,046
  4. #4James14,362
  5. #5Logan14,061
  6. #6Benjamin13,858
  7. #7Mason13,602
  8. #8Elijah13,449
  9. #9Jacob13,269
  10. #10Oliver13,224
  11. #1,276Presley142
More about 2017

girls

1,726,461 girls got a published name in 2017; 1 in 1,125 of them was named Presley, which outranked 98.9% of the 18,448 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Presley
  1. #197Daniela1,590
  2. #198Catherine1,584
  3. #199Angelina1,565
  4. #200Presley1,535
  5. #200Josie1,535
  6. #202Harley1,532
  7. #203Vanessa1,521
  8. #204Adelyn1,519

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

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. 1,443Ensley#2,412#969
  2. 1,020Oaklynn#1,908#888
  3. 842Dream#1,667#825
  4. 749Oaklyn#1,425#676
  5. 717Melania#1,649#932
Fallers
  1. 263Julianne#919#1,182
  2. 243Milania#947#1,190
  3. 240Wendy#858#1,098
  4. 238Montserrat#808#1,046
  5. 224Nathaly#930#1,154

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

boys

1,850,956 boys got a published name in 2017; 1 in 13,035 of them was named Presley, which outranked 91.1% of the 14,262 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Presley
  1. #1,272Denim143
  2. #1,272Glenn143
  3. #1,272Marcello143
  4. #1,276Presley142
  5. #1,276Aston142
  6. #1,276Chace142
  7. #1,276Coy142
  8. #1,287Irving141
  9. #1,287Jarrett141
  10. #1,287Karl141

Tied with 10 names at #1,276; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2016
Risers
  1. 497Wells#1,413#916
  2. 419Kairo#1,221#802
  3. 339Caspian#1,199#860
  4. 313Colson#1,049#736
  5. 311Kace#1,183#872
Fallers
  1. 415Riaan#861#1,276
  2. 292Chevy#980#1,272
  3. 245Kylo#904#1,149
  4. 226Braeden#993#1,219
  5. 194Kamdyn#809#1,003

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

See the top 100 for 2017