Elvis
Elvis is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 177 births. Its best rank was 311th, in 1957.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 1770.01% of boys
- Peak year
- 1957605 births
- Best rank
- #311in 1957
- Since 1881
- 17,824people given the name
The story in the numbers
17,824 boys have been named Elvis in the United States since 1881, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1957, with 605 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1983, and the 2000s alone account for 16%. It has spent 113 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Elvis | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 25 | |
| 1890s | 47 | |
| 1900s | 86 | |
| 1910s | 547 | |
| 1920s | 836 | |
| 1930s | 607 | |
| 1940s | 563 | |
| 1950s | 1,970 | |
| 1960s | 1,596 | |
| 1970s | 1,879 | |
| 1980s | 1,943 | |
| 1990s | 2,240 | |
| 2000s | 2,930 | |
| 2010s | 1,817 | |
| 2020s | 738 |
In 1957, its biggest year
Elvis was the 311th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1957 were Michael, James, David, Robert and John. See all of 1957.
Names that rose and fell with Elvis
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rubenpeak 1992
- Pedropeak 2000
- Federicopeak 1976
- Felipepeak 2001
- Ignaciopeak 2006
- Fidelpeak 2001
- Anthonypeak 1990
- Ceasarpeak 2006
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.