Mostly girls · peaked in 2014
Presley name popularity since 1925
36,396 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Presley (87.3% girls, 12.7% boys). Half of them were born in 2014 or earlier, so the typical Presley is about 12 years old in 2026. Presley peaked in 2014 as the #190 name for girls, and it ranked #225 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 36,396
- Named Presley, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #225
- for girls in 2025 (1,362 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 87.3% girls
- 31,778 girls · 4,618 boys
- Most popular in
- Nevada
- 3.03× its national share
Peak year is the year Presley made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Presley births per year, 1925–2025
2014 was the biggest year for Presley both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2001 and 2006, Presley became 3× more common, from 1 in 6,170 baby girls to 1 in 2,020.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Presley's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Presley.
Decade by decade
Babies named Presley in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 89 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 168 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 187 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 205 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 119 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 7 | 145 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 48 | 147 | #10,280 |
| 1990s | 1,493 | 341 | #1,149 |
| 2000s | 6,544 | 1,253 | #512 |
| 2010s | 15,350 | 1,333 | #188 |
| 2020–25 | 8,336 | 631 | #225 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 girls got the name.
Generation fingerprint
58.0% of babies named Presley from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Presley is most popular
The index compares Presley'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 Presley.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Nevada | 3.03× | 352 |
| Utah | 2.70× | 751 |
| Idaho | 2.41× | 313 |
| Oklahoma | 2.32× | 984 |
| Arizona | 2.23× | 945 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Presley and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Presley (this page) | 31,778 | 2014 |
| Preslee | 3,717 | 2014 |
| Preslie | 1,765 | 2014 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Presley's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Presley.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Presley (2014).
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