Memphis

boys’ name · 80%girls’ name · 20%At its peak · modern nameCompare

Memphis is ranked 588th among boys in 2024 (484 births). Its best rank was 404th, in 2021.

Rank in 2024: #588down 99 from 2023
Births in 2024: 4840.03% of boys
Peak year: 2021768 births
Best rank: #404in 2021
Since 1916: 12,144people given the name

Babies named Memphis, by year of birthboysgirls

The story in the numbers

9,740 boys have been named Memphis in the United States since 1916, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2021, with 768 births.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2021, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 46%. It has spent 19 of 145 years in the top 1,000.

Memphis is used for both sexes: 20% of its bearers are girls (2,404), most of them born around 2022.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Memphis
1910s	16
1920s	47
1930s	12
1940s	17
1990s	5
2000s	1,966
2010s	4,454
2020s	3,223

In 2021, its biggest year

Memphis was the 404th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2021 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Elijah and James. See all of 2021.

Names that rose and fell with Memphis

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.