Recorded 1881–2025 · United States
Elvis was most popular in 1957, when 618 American babies were given the name — ranking #663 that year. In 2025 it ranked #2,760, with 145 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 18,123 people named Elvis.
Elvis first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1881, which makes it about 144 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 135 of the 145 years since.
The Social Security Administration has recorded 18,123 American births named Elvis between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 14,437 are estimated to be alive today.
145 American babies were named Elvis in 2025, ranking #2,760 that year.
Elvis is holding steady. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 150 births a year, against 192 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -22% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Across the whole record Elvis is a boy’s name — 0.8% of the 18,123 Americans given it were girls and 99.2% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
Roughly 14,437 Americans named Elvis are alive today — 80% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 34 years old, and half are between 20 and 52. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org