Meaning not yet researched.
Presley: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,362 in 2025. Its best rank was #188 in 2015.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #188 in 2015; #225 in 2025. About 94% of babies named Presley in 2025 were girls.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#225 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2015, at #188.
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Presley: US girls and boys given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,362 girls in 2025. Peak: #188 in 2015 · most girls in one year: 1,743 (2014).
In 2025, 1,362 US girls were named Presley, making it the 225th most common girls’ name of the year, the same rank as in 2024. That is 12 fewer than the 1,374 girls named Presley in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #188, reached in 2015. The most girls given the name in a single year was 1,743, in 2014. For comparison, it was #188 in 2015 and unranked in 1950.
In 2025, 88 US boys were named Presley, making it the 1,819th most common boys’ name of the year, down 69 places from #1,750 in 2024. That is 7 fewer than the 95 boys named Presley in 2024. Its best rank for boys was #765, reached in 1881. The most boys given the name in a single year was 160, in 2009. For comparison, it was #1,332 in 2015 and #1,420 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Presley in 127 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1880 with 5 babies. In all, 36,723 US babies have been given the name, 87% of them girls and 13% boys. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 16,683 babies named Presley.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 14,448 US girls were named Presley; the busiest of those years was 2016, with 1,606. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,180 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Presley ranked highest in Iowa in 2025, at #85 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 2 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Preslee (3,780 babies since 1880) and Preslie (1,765 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Pressley, Presli and Presly are summarised on this page.
Meaning not yet researched.
We publish a meaning only with a cited source and a confidence label, and never generate one. Meanings are being researched for the most common names first.
Rare spellings summarised here: Pressley (872), Presli (490), Presly (147), Preslei (117), Preslea (107), Prezley (85), Pressly (37), Prezlee (28), Presslee (5).
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
No nicknames listed for Presley in the open dataset we use.
Source: carltonnorthern/nicknames (Apache-2.0).
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 8 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iowa | 34 | #85 | #194 |
| Kentucky | 42 | #100 | #85 |
| West Virginia | 15 | #104 | #143 |
| Mississippi | 21 | #113 | #70 |
| Alabama | 36 | #123 | #138 |
| Idaho | 16 | #132 | #159 |
| South Dakota | 9 | #133 | — |
| North Dakota | 8 | #133 | #108 |
| Georgia | 74 | #135 | #170 |
| Louisiana | 31 | #137 | #100 |
| Arkansas | 21 | #142 | #137 |
| Missouri | 40 | #156 | #130 |
| Oklahoma | 24 | #164 | #75 |
| Nebraska | 14 | #165 | #254 |
| Indiana | 42 | #167 | #162 |
| Maine | 7 | #168 | — |
| Tennessee | 45 | #172 | #118 |
| Wisconsin | 30 | #185 | #249 |
| North Carolina | 58 | #186 | #226 |
| Nevada | 14 | #193 | #135 |
| Kansas | 17 | #199 | #146 |
| Arizona | 34 | #203 | #169 |
| Hawaii | 5 | #204 | #115 |
| South Carolina | 24 | #207 | #235 |
| Minnesota | 27 | #209 | #234 |
| Utah | 23 | #209 | #161 |
| Texas | 162 | #211 | #134 |
| Florida | 82 | #231 | #226 |
| Virginia | 34 | #244 | #262 |
| Montana | 5 | #245 | #137 |
| Oregon | 14 | #267 | #223 |
| Ohio | 41 | #274 | #202 |
| Michigan | 31 | #292 | #256 |
| Washington | 23 | #327 | #183 |
| California | 95 | #345 | #177 |
| Colorado | 18 | #350 | #231 |
| Illinois | 30 | #352 | #310 |
| Pennsylvania | 31 | #358 | #299 |
| New Mexico | 5 | #371 | #147 |
| Maryland | 12 | #454 | #354 |
| New York | 31 | #543 | #843 |
| New Jersey | 12 | #655 | #650 |
| Massachusetts | 7 | #741 | #472 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,362 | #225 | 88 | #1,819 |
| 2024 | 1,374 | #225 | 95 | #1,750 |
| 2023 | 1,520 | #197 | 104 | #1,659 |
| 2022 | 1,314 | #232 | 132 | #1,407 |
| 2021 | 1,407 | #213 | 107 | #1,602 |
| 2020 | 1,359 | #213 | 105 | #1,567 |
| 2019 | 1,474 | #206 | 138 | #1,324 |
| 2018 | 1,497 | #206 | 122 | #1,440 |
| 2017 | 1,535 | #201 | 142 | #1,282 |
| 2016 | 1,606 | #201 | 122 | #1,431 |
| 2015 | 1,728 | #188 | 133 | #1,332 |
| 2014 | 1,743 | #190 | 143 | #1,253 |
| 2013 | 1,630 | #199 | 134 | #1,292 |
| 2012 | 1,536 | #203 | 134 | #1,298 |
| 2011 | 1,395 | #228 | 125 | #1,356 |
| 2010 | 1,206 | #276 | 140 | #1,255 |
| 2009 | 1,207 | #271 | 160 | #1,145 |
| 2008 | 989 | #337 | 134 | #1,300 |
| 2007 | 971 | #341 | 134 | #1,303 |
| 2006 | 939 | #352 | 120 | #1,355 |
| 2005 | 582 | #512 | 103 | #1,441 |
| 2004 | 507 | #566 | 126 | #1,214 |
| 2003 | 404 | #657 | 125 | #1,189 |
| 2002 | 362 | #696 | 132 | #1,110 |
| 2001 | 292 | #809 | 114 | #1,199 |
| 2000 | 291 | #790 | 105 | #1,256 |
| 1999 | 217 | #956 | 52 | #1,895 |
| 1998 | 204 | #989 | 42 | #2,187 |
| 1997 | 173 | #1,090 | 31 | #2,595 |
| 1996 | 162 | #1,121 | 31 | #2,522 |
| 1995 | 153 | #1,149 | 35 | #2,286 |
| 1994 | 148 | #1,198 | 41 | #2,035 |
| 1993 | 156 | #1,140 | 29 | #2,563 |
| 1992 | 133 | #1,286 | 38 | #2,078 |
| 1991 | 88 | #1,688 | 27 | #2,588 |
| 1990 | 59 | #2,195 | 15 | #3,917 |
| 1989 | 18 | #5,002 | 22 | #2,865 |
| 1988 | 12 | #6,565 | 18 | #3,049 |
| 1987 | — | — | 10 | #4,499 |
| 1986 | 7 | #9,287 | 19 | #2,760 |
| 1985 | 6 | #10,280 | 16 | #3,046 |
| 1984 | — | — | 14 | #3,231 |
| 1983 | — | — | 11 | #3,809 |
| 1982 | — | — | 11 | #3,887 |
| 1981 | 5 | #11,645 | 10 | #4,079 |
| 1980 | — | — | 16 | #2,928 |
| 1979 | — | — | 18 | #2,652 |
| 1978 | — | — | 18 | #2,542 |
| 1977 | 7 | #8,175 | 23 | #2,111 |
| 1976 | — | — | 14 | #2,919 |
| 1975 | — | — | 13 | #3,037 |
| 1974 | — | — | 8 | #4,091 |
| 1973 | — | — | 13 | #2,825 |
| 1972 | — | — | 12 | #2,951 |
| 1971 | — | — | 13 | #2,778 |
| 1970 | — | — | 13 | #2,707 |
| 1969 | — | — | 10 | #3,015 |
| 1968 | — | — | 11 | #2,690 |
| 1967 | — | — | 15 | #2,109 |
| 1966 | — | — | 6 | #3,830 |
| 1965 | — | — | 10 | #2,727 |
| 1964 | — | — | 13 | #2,385 |
| 1963 | — | — | 13 | #2,388 |
| 1962 | — | — | 18 | #1,944 |
| 1961 | — | — | 11 | #2,664 |
| 1960 | — | — | 12 | #2,508 |
| 1959 | — | — | 18 | #1,956 |
| 1958 | — | — | 11 | #2,606 |
| 1957 | — | — | 29 | #1,478 |
| 1956 | — | — | 25 | #1,598 |
| 1955 | — | — | 16 | #2,029 |
| 1954 | — | — | 19 | #1,809 |
| 1953 | — | — | 18 | #1,879 |
| 1952 | — | — | 20 | #1,735 |
| 1951 | — | — | 22 | #1,634 |
| 1950 | — | — | 27 | #1,420 |
| 1949 | — | — | 14 | #2,095 |
| 1948 | — | — | 17 | #1,869 |
| 1947 | — | — | 25 | #1,513 |
| 1946 | — | — | 24 | #1,463 |
| 1945 | — | — | 12 | #2,104 |
| 1944 | — | — | 14 | #1,963 |
| 1943 | — | — | 16 | #1,890 |
| 1942 | — | — | 21 | #1,580 |
| 1941 | — | — | 18 | #1,674 |
| 1940 | — | — | 26 | #1,327 |
| 1939 | — | — | 8 | #2,769 |
| 1938 | — | — | 17 | #1,729 |
| 1937 | — | — | 21 | #1,517 |
| 1936 | — | — | 17 | #1,712 |
| 1935 | — | — | 16 | #1,821 |
| 1934 | — | — | 21 | #1,542 |
| 1933 | — | — | 17 | #1,761 |
| 1932 | — | — | 15 | #1,982 |
| 1931 | — | — | 13 | #2,186 |
| 1930 | — | — | 23 | #1,556 |
| 1929 | — | — | 19 | #1,778 |
| 1928 | — | — | 26 | #1,478 |
| 1927 | — | — | 11 | #2,663 |
| 1926 | — | — | 15 | #2,164 |
| 1925 | — | — | 18 | #1,921 |
| 1924 | — | — | 20 | #1,828 |
| 1923 | — | — | 22 | #1,687 |
| 1922 | — | — | 23 | #1,629 |
| 1921 | — | — | 25 | #1,536 |
| 1920 | — | — | 16 | #2,112 |
| 1919 | — | — | 30 | #1,312 |
| 1918 | — | — | 21 | #1,696 |
| 1917 | — | — | 23 | #1,521 |
| 1916 | — | — | 16 | #1,924 |
| 1915 | — | — | 25 | #1,362 |
| 1914 | — | — | 11 | #2,074 |
| 1913 | — | — | 6 | #2,729 |
| 1912 | — | — | 5 | #2,826 |
| 1910 | — | — | 9 | #1,178 |
| 1908 | — | — | 8 | #1,094 |
| 1907 | — | — | 5 | #1,500 |
| 1906 | — | — | 5 | #1,377 |
| 1905 | — | — | 7 | #1,066 |
| 1903 | — | — | 9 | #831 |
| 1900 | — | — | 5 | #1,457 |
| 1894 | — | — | 6 | #1,052 |
| 1893 | — | — | 6 | #1,003 |
| 1891 | — | — | 7 | #823 |
| 1886 | — | — | 5 | #1,075 |
| 1881 | — | — | 7 | #765 |
| 1880 | — | — | 5 | #1,031 |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).