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Presley

Pronounced /ˈpɹɛsli/

Rank in 2024
#1,729
Born in 2024
95
Peak year
2009 · #1145
Origin
Not recorded
Also recorded for girls:1,373 in 2024 (#224)

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 95 boys were named Presley, about 1 in every 18,056.
  • It peaked in 2009 with 160 babies, ranked #1145.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 4,857 boys have been named Presley since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Presley per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

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    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 330 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Silent: 320 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 352 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 213 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 347 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 1,777 babies, 0.06 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 1,477 babies, 0.07 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

The English surname is usually a variant of Priestley, from Old English prēost (“priest”) + lēah (“wood, clearing”). Equivalent to priest +‎ -ley (“lea”). The place-name in Scotland may be from Pictish, equivalent to Welsh prys (“bush”) + Welsh lle (“place”).

  • A male given name.
  • A female given name.
Origin
Not recorded
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Presley, CC BY-SA 4.0.