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How popular is “Elvis” in the USA?

Number of people named “Elvis” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Elvis” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Elvis” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Elvis” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Elvis” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Elvis” by birth year

This chart shows how “Elvis” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1881 8 0.000041518 8 -100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 -100%
1887 5 0.000020211 5 -100%
1889 5 0.000017304 5 -100%
1892 7 0.000020935 7 -100%
1893 7 0.000021524 7 -100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 -100%
1897 8 0.000023058 8 -100%
1898 9 0.000023594 9 -100%
1899 11 0.000032426 11 -100%
1900 8 0.000017768 8 -100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 -100%
1902 12 0.000031029 12 -100%
1904 8 0.000019827 8 -100%
1905 12 0.000028307 12 -100%
1906 9 0.000021006 9 -100%
1907 10 0.000021487 10 -100%
1908 8 0.000016372 8 -100%
1909 12 0.000023473 12 -100%
1910 18 0.000030472 18 -100%
1911 15 0.000023282 15 -100%
1912 43 0.00004352 43 -100%
1913 34 0.0000299 5 29 -71%
1914 48 0.00003389 48 -100%
1915 74 0.000040384 8 66 -78%
1916 61 0.000031534 61 -100%
1917 69 0.000034384 69 -100%
1918 100 0.000046059 8 92 -84%
1919 111 0.000052601 5 106 -91%
1920 80 0.000035357 6 74 -85%
1921 85 0.00003641 85 -100%
1922 111 0.000048489 5 106 -91%
1923 111 0.000048209 8 103 -86%
1924 73 0.000030652 9 64 -75%
1925 75 0.000032143 75 -100%
1926 99 0.00004312 10 89 -80%
1927 64 0.000027594 64 -100%
1928 95 0.000042018 95 -100%
1929 86 0.000039231 5 81 -88%
1930 79 0.000035533 79 -100%
1931 62 0.000029462 62 -100%
1932 56 0.000026524 56 -100%
1933 56 0.000028008 56 -100%
1934 74 0.000035631 74 -100%
1935 59 0.000028231 10 49 -66%
1936 59 0.000028398 59 -100%
1937 49 0.000022997 49 -100%
1938 54 0.000024406 54 -100%
1939 69 0.000031315 69 -100%
1940 77 0.000033439 77 -100%
1941 54 0.000022164 54 -100%
1942 60 0.000021963 5 55 -83%
1943 66 0.000023383 6 60 -82%
1944 56 0.000020817 56 -100%
1945 49 0.00001847 49 -100%
1946 55 0.000017213 55 -100%
1947 66 0.000018322 66 -100%
1948 46 0.000013324 5 41 -78%
1949 50 0.000014348 50 -100%
1950 65 0.000018554 65 -100%
1951 45 0.000012216 45 -100%
1952 54 0.000014218 54 -100%
1953 34 0.000008823 34 -100%
1954 46 0.000011556 46 -100%
1955 65 0.000016189 65 -100%
1956 423 0.000102594 6 417 -97%
1957 618 0.000147068 13 605 -96%
1958 378 0.000091439 5 373 -97%
1959 266 0.000063973 266 -100%
1960 241 0.000058019 241 -100%
1961 189 0.000045627 189 -100%
1962 170 0.000042127 170 -100%
1963 137 0.000034612 137 -100%
1964 130 0.00003344 130 -100%
1965 157 0.000043305 157 -100%
1966 118 0.00003395 118 -100%
1967 167 0.000049191 167 -100%
1968 139 0.000041144 139 -100%
1969 148 0.000042586 148 -100%
1970 131 0.000036323 131 -100%
1971 130 0.000037875 130 -100%
1972 119 0.000037862 119 -100%
1973 157 0.00005204 157 -100%
1974 146 0.000048026 146 -100%
1975 110 0.000036431 110 -100%
1976 148 0.000048776 148 -100%
1977 299 0.000094129 299 -100%
1978 370 0.000116577 5 365 -97%
1979 274 0.000082356 274 -100%
1980 229 0.000066483 229 -100%
1981 213 0.000061572 5 208 -95%
1982 176 0.000050172 5 171 -94%
1983 188 0.000054283 6 182 -94%
1984 154 0.000044142 154 -100%
1985 201 0.000056317 201 -100%
1986 161 0.000045262 161 -100%
1987 211 0.00005852 211 -100%
1988 183 0.000049526 183 -100%
1989 243 0.000063208 243 -100%
1990 200 0.000050601 200 -100%
1991 193 0.000049547 193 -100%
1992 190 0.000049463 190 -100%
1993 258 0.00006843 6 252 -95%
1994 185 0.000049763 185 -100%
1995 220 0.000060074 220 -100%
1996 188 0.000051546 188 -100%
1997 214 0.000059022 214 -100%
1998 237 0.000064434 237 -100%
1999 361 0.00009773 361 -100%
2000 333 0.000088097 333 -100%
2001 278 0.000074264 278 -100%
2002 315 0.000084263 315 -100%
2003 275 0.000072324 275 -100%
2004 280 0.000073281 280 -100%
2005 247 0.000064242 247 -100%
2006 273 0.000069006 273 -100%
2007 361 0.000090302 6 355 -97%
2008 325 0.000082683 325 -100%
2009 249 0.00006518 249 -100%
2010 193 0.000052222 193 -100%
2011 224 0.000061239 224 -100%
2012 184 0.000050309 184 -100%
2013 185 0.000050745 185 -100%
2014 187 0.000050454 187 -100%
2015 181 0.000048907 181 -100%
2016 188 0.000051244 188 -100%
2017 152 0.000042503 152 -100%
2018 155 0.000044085 155 -100%
2019 168 0.000048402 168 -100%
2020 134 0.000040113 134 -100%
2021 122 0.00003601 122 -100%
2022 152 0.000044929 152 -100%
2023 153 0.000046207 153 -100%
2024 177 0.000053177 177 -100%

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