Boys' name · peaked in 1957
Elvis name popularity since 1925
16,932 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Elvis (0.6% girls, 99.4% boys). Half of them were born in 1987 or earlier, so the typical Elvis is about 39 years old in 2026. Elvis peaked in 1957 as the #311 name for boys, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 16,932
- Named Elvis, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,328 for boys in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% boys
- 98 girls · 16,834 boys
- Most popular in
- New York
- 2.36× its national share
Peak year is the year Elvis made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Elvis births per year, 1925–2025
1957 was the biggest year for Elvis both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Steepest fall: Between 1957 and 1962, Elvis's share of baby boys fell by 71%, from 1 in 3,570 to 1 in 12,300.
- Fastest rise: Between 1972 and 1977, it became 2.5× more common, from 1 in 13,600 baby boys to 1 in 5,500.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Elvis's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Elvis.
Decade by decade
Babies named Elvis in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 15 | 404 | – |
| 1930s | 10 | 607 | #907 |
| 1940s | 16 | 563 | #919 |
| 1950s | 24 | 1,970 | #923 |
| 1960s | 0 | 1,596 | #610 |
| 1970s | 5 | 1,879 | #792 |
| 1980s | 16 | 1,943 | #616 |
| 1990s | 6 | 2,240 | #718 |
| 2000s | 6 | 2,930 | #787 |
| 2010s | 0 | 1,817 | #1,083 |
| 2020–25 | 0 | 885 | #1,328 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
25.7% of babies named Elvis from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Z years (1997–2012). The full split by generation:
Where Elvis is most popular
The index compares Elvis's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Elvis.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| New York | 2.36× | 2,314 |
| Arkansas | 2.30× | 305 |
| Mississippi | 1.96× | 307 |
| California | 1.77× | 2,415 |
| New Jersey | 1.71× | 609 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Elvis's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Elvis.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Elvis (1957).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data