Presley
A unisex name of Old English origin, meaning priest's meadow.
How Presley has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #188 |
| 2016 | #201 |
| 2017 | #201 |
| 2018 | #206 |
| 2019 | #207 |
| 2020 | #213 |
| 2021 | #213 |
| 2022 | #230 |
| 2023 | #197 |
| 2024 | #224 |
| 2025 | #225 |
Presley by the numbers
In 2025, 50 babies in England and Wales were named Presley. In the US, 1,667 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in the US than in England and Wales.
Its American peak was 1,742 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.
Names that come from Presley
Forms of Presley in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Presley. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Pressley13 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Presley
Names that are said the same way as Presley, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Other names that mean a meadow or field
Like Presley, each of these has a meadow or field in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Rileyvaliant; rye clearing7,797 in the US (2017)
- Savannahgrassy plain; treeless plain5,231 in the US (2017)
- Braydenbroad valley; a modern respelling of Braden5,153 in the US (2017)
- Kinsleyfrom the king's meadow; an English place name used as given name4,048 in the US (2017)
- Bentleymeadow of bent grass3,945 in the US (2017)
- Haileyhay meadow; form of Hayley3,691 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean a craft or trade
Like Presley, each of these has a craft or trade in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Ameliawork, industriousness2,153 in England and Wales (2025)
- Graysonson of the steward8,767 in the US (2017)
- Penelopeweaver; wife of Odysseus1,174 in England and Wales (2025)
- Skylarscholar, learned one; a modern respelling of Schuyler4,984 in the US (2017)
- Chaseto hunt; one who hunts4,207 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Presley
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