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Elvis

Gender
Boy
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EL-vis
UK rank, 2025
#773 for boys
US rank, 2025
#1,328 for boys

Elvis is a boys' name. In 2025 it ranked 773rd for boys in the UK (49 babies) and 1,328th for boys in the US (145 babies).

What does Elvis mean?

Possibly from the Irish saint's name Ailbhe or Old Norse Alvíss

Made famous by Elvis Presley, who shared the name with his father, Vernon Elvis Presley.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Elvis a girl's or a boy's name?

Elvis is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 49 boys in the UK and 145 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Elvis in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#773among boys
Babies in 2025
49about 1 in 6,100 boys
Five-year trend
Risingup 65% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 49 boys in the UK were named Elvis, making it the 773rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 936th.

It has been given to more boys each year for the last 4 years. 2025 had the most boys named Elvis of any year since the records began in 1996.

Half of all the boys named Elvis in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 716th in England and Wales.

1996Busiest: 49 in 20252025
Elvis in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
202549#773
202445#813
202338#913
202234#971
202132#1,017
202034#936
201920#1,351
201826#1,142
201737#919
201631#1,030
201535#946
201421#1,308
201323#1,199
201220#1,342
201125#1,125
201017#1,508
200919#1,340
200829#997
200724#1,102
200619#1,207
200520#1,133
200423#983
200328#808
200220#951
200111#1,369
200011#1,308
19997#1,749
19983#3,021
19977#1,678
19967#1,652

How popular is Elvis in the US?

Rank in 2025
#1,328among boys
Babies in 2025
145about 1 in 12,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadyup 4% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 145 boys in the US were named Elvis, making it the 1,328th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,335th. Its busiest year was 1957, with 605 boys. It first appears in the records in 1881.

Half of all the boys named Elvis in the US since 1880 were born between 1959 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.

1881Busiest: 605 in 19572025
Elvis in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
2025145#1,328
2024179#1,165
2023153#1,258
2022152#1,269
2021122#1,469
2020134#1,335
2019168#1,157
2018155#1,207
2017152#1,207
2016188#1,049
2015181#1,082
2014187#1,057
2013185#1,039
2012184#1,044
2011224#904
2010193#1,012
2009249#856
2008325#715
2007355#673
2006273#765
2005247#786
2004280#696
2003275#694
2002315#626
2001278#658
2000333#593
1999361#555
1998237#702
1997214#724
1996188#773
1995220#715
1994185#777
1993252#647
1992190#746
1991193#727
1990200#716
1989243#639
1988183#692
1987211#629
1986161#714
1985201#615
1984154#703
1983182#633
1982171#668
1981208#594
1980229#570
1979275#503
1978365#404
1977299#466
1976148#679
1975110#792
1974145#676
1973157#634
1972119#729
1971130#723
1970131#717
1969148#648
1968139#642
1967167#585
1966118#682
1965157#610
1964130#677
1963137#667
1962168#598
1961190#570
1960242#510
1959265#479
1958374#403
1957605#311
1956417#361
195565#920
195446#1,100
195334#1,279
195254#967
195145#1,069
195065#843
194950#984
194841#1,106
194766#853
194655#890
194549#916
194456#841
194360#856
194255#888
194154#858
194077#689
193969#717
193854#846
193749#880
193659#797
193549#903
193474#708
193356#824
193256#852
193162#794
193079#699
192981#683
192895#636
192764#840
192689#671
192575#759
192464#859
1923103#631
1922106#624
192185#707
192074#766
1919106#584
191892#641
191769#749
191661#790
191566#734
191448#758
191329#914
191243#635
191115#855
191018#707
190912#840
19088#1,021
190710#865
19069#852
190512#699
19048#874
19030–
190212#650
19017#857
19008#967
189911#613
18989#743
18978#786
18960–
18955#1,078
18940–
18937#836
18927#860
18910–
18900–
18895#973
18880–
18875#921
18867#758
18850–
18840–
18830–
18820–
18818#653

Names like Elvis

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Lucas Eric Vincent Elias Sonny Ellis Roman Frankie Eli Myles Elijah Austin

Names related to Elvis

Alvis

Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Elvis: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elvis, updated 20 October 2026.