Presley
- Pronunciation
- [Pres-ley]
- Gender
- Male
- Meaning
- From The Priest's Meadow
- Origin
- English
Presley Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 4,857 baby boys have been named Presley. The name peaked in 2009 with 160 US births that year (rank #1145). In 2024, ranked #1740 nationally — 595 places below its 2009 peak.
Top States for Presley
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Presley births are: California (454), Texas (335), Florida (136).
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Quick Facts About Presley
US Popularity History (2000–2025)
Annual US births named Presley by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2014 with 1,743 girls named Presley (girl rank #190 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #225 for girls (1,362 US births). That's 35 places below its 2014 peak.
Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.
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Where in the US Is Presley Most Popular?
Average girl-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's girls-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Presley the strongest states are Wyoming, Oklahoma, Kentucky.
Strongest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Wyoming | #74 | 27 |
| 2 | Oklahoma | #97 | 340 |
| 3 | Kentucky | #106 | 358 |
| 4 | Mississippi | #108 | 219 |
| 5 | Arkansas | #109 | 246 |
| 6 | West Virginia | #117 | 133 |
| 7 | Alabama | #132 | 315 |
| 8 | Tennessee | #132 | 504 |
| 9 | Montana | #133 | 68 |
| 10 | Louisiana | #137 | 305 |
Weakest girls-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | #728 | 216 |
| 2 | Massachusetts | #718 | 61 |
| 3 | New Jersey | #656 | 111 |
| 4 | Connecticut | #500 | 25 |
| 5 | Maryland | #406 | 133 |
| 6 | Pennsylvania | #350 | 305 |
| 7 | Illinois | #347 | 305 |
| 8 | Virginia | #307 | 254 |
| 9 | New Mexico | #302 | 54 |
| 10 | Michigan | #286 | 297 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Presley in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
Variant Forms
| Name | Meaning | Gender | Origin |
|---|---|---|---|
| Priestly | From The Priest's Meadow | Male | English |
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