Elvis

Primarily a boy's name · 99% boys

Meaning

Elvis is a male given name that is said to have first appeared as that of a Saint Elvis, a figure said to be active in medieval Wales. While the name features in early Medieval Welsh literature and is of Celtic origin, it is uncertain if the name was originally Irish or Welsh.

From Wikipedia

Elvis first appears in the data in 1881 and has been recorded in 134 different years as a boy's name. Its single biggest year was 1957 with 605 babies (rank #311 that year). In 2024 it was given to 177 boys (rank #1,169). Its popularity has been fairly steady recently.

Numerology of Elvis

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Elvis yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

22Destiny numberThe master builderTurns visions into structures — a heightened 4.Sum of every letter. The overall character a name carries.
5Soul urgeThe free spiritCurious, restless, energised by change.Sum of the vowels — what's said to drive the heart.
8PersonalityThe achieverDriven, capable, comfortable wielding influence.Sum of the consonants — the outer impression.

17,976

Total babies (all years)

134

Years in the data

605

Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time — Boys

Famous people named Elvis

Elvis Presleysinger · b. 1935
Elvis Costelloguitarist · b. 1954

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.

Year	Babies	Rank
1881	8	#667
1886	7	#788
1887	5	#979
1889	5	#1,016
1892	7	#880
1893	7	#858
1895	5	#1,131
1897	8	#808
1898	9	#766
1899	11	#630
1900	8	#987
1901	7	#885
1902	12	#661
1904	8	#910
1905	12	#716
1906	9	#871
1907	10	#889
1908	8	#1,044
1909	12	#858
1910	18	#716
1911	15	#871
1912	43	#638
1913	29	#917
1914	48	#763
1915	66	#737
1916	61	#792
1917	69	#753
1918	92	#643
1919	106	#584
1920	74	#769
1921	85	#711
1922	106	#626
1923	103	#633
1924	64	#861
1925	75	#761
1926	89	#672
1927	64	#841
1928	95	#639
1929	81	#686
1930	79	#700
1931	62	#796
1932	56	#856
1933	56	#829
1934	74	#711
1935	49	#907
1936	59	#800
1937	49	#883
1938	54	#848
1939	69	#719
1940	77	#690
1941	54	#859
1942	55	#893
1943	60	#860
1944	56	#846
1945	49	#919
1946	55	#892
1947	66	#854
1948	41	#1,113
1949	50	#987
1950	65	#845
1951	45	#1,075
1952	54	#973
1953	34	#1,292
1954	46	#1,104
1955	65	#924
1956	417	#362
1957	605	#311
1958	373	#404
1959	266	#478
1960	241	#511
1961	189	#576
1962	170	#596
1963	137	#667
1964	130	#678
1965	157	#610
1966	118	#682
1967	167	#585
1968	139	#643
1969	148	#649
1970	131	#719
1971	130	#724
1972	119	#729
1973	157	#634
1974	146	#675
1975	110	#792
1976	148	#678
1977	299	#466
1978	365	#404
1979	274	#504
1980	229	#571
1981	208	#595
1982	171	#669
1983	182	#635
1984	154	#704
1985	201	#616
1986	161	#715
1987	211	#630
1988	183	#692
1989	243	#642
1990	200	#720
1991	193	#732
1992	190	#750
1993	252	#648
1994	185	#780
1995	220	#718
1996	188	#777
1997	214	#725
1998	237	#703
1999	361	#555
2000	333	#593
2001	278	#658
2002	315	#627
2003	275	#694
2004	280	#696
2005	247	#787
2006	273	#766
2007	355	#674
2008	325	#715
2009	249	#856
2010	193	#1,013
2011	224	#904
2012	184	#1,044
2013	185	#1,040
2014	187	#1,059
2015	181	#1,083
2016	188	#1,051
2017	152	#1,208
2018	155	#1,210
2019	168	#1,159
2020	134	#1,336
2021	122	#1,472
2022	152	#1,271
2023	153	#1,258
2024	177	#1,169