first name
ELVIS
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 18,506 people named Elvis, 55.9% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 20% as White and 16.4% as Black. 98.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Elvis peaked in 1957, when 618 babies got the name.
At least 18,123 babies have been given the name since 1881. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Elvis by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1950s, when it ranked #1,171. The largest share of babies named Elvis, 24%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Elvis is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Elvis has been most common in Arkansas (2.8×), New York (2.2×), and Texas (1.8×), and least common in Michigan (0.19×).
13,429 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Elvis
Spelled almost the same
3 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Elvis, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Elvis ranks #50,535 of 156,621, with 447 people. See Elvis as a last name
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