Name meaning & stats
Presley
Presley means “wood, clearing”. 36,139 US babies since 1940, peak 2014.
What it means
“wood, clearing”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 2014
36,139 US babies were named Presley between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Presley (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 92% of the family
- Presley 92%
- Preslie 4%
- Pressley 2%
- Presli 1%
- Presly <1%
- Preslei <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 2014)