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.
Where Elvis is popular in 1981
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New Jersey#308 · 1 in 3,033
- Kentucky#311 · 1 in 3,863
- New York#372 · 1 in 3,785
- Massachusetts#386 · 1 in 7,151
- Mississippi#421 · 1 in 3,850
Best ever in a state: #129 in Mississippi, 1957.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Jersey | #308 | 14 | 1 in 3,033 |
| Kentucky | #311 | 7 | 1 in 3,863 |
| New York | #372 | 30 | 1 in 3,785 |
| Massachusetts | #386 | 5 | 1 in 7,151 |
| Mississippi | #421 | 5 | 1 in 3,850 |
| Tennessee | #444 | 5 | 1 in 6,475 |
| Illinois | #472 | 15 | 1 in 5,642 |
| North Carolina | #480 | 6 | 1 in 6,305 |
| Indiana | #482 | 5 | 1 in 8,022 |
| California | #501 | 34 | 1 in 5,908 |
| Pennsylvania | #504 | 8 | 1 in 9,676 |
| Texas | #568 | 21 | 1 in 6,559 |
| Florida | #605 | 8 | 1 in 7,869 |
| Ohio | #676 | 5 | 1 in 16,128 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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 1981
Top girls' names in 1981
Top boys' names in 1981
More about 1981
girls
1,668,060 girls got a published name in 1981; 1 in 333,612 of them was named Elvis, which outranked 14.6% of the 12,198 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,787 names at #10,411; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,791,177 boys got a published name in 1981; 1 in 8,611 of them was named Elvis, which outranked 91.9% of the 7,289 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).