Memphis
- Pronunciation
- [Mem-phis]
- Gender
- Female
- Meaning
- Not recorded
- Origin
- English
Memphis is a name traditionally given to a girl of English origin. Our sources do not preserve a single agreed-upon literal translation for this particular name, so we list its meaning as unrecorded rather than guess at one. Browse more English baby names or search the full library by meaning.
Memphis Popularity Snapshot
Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 2,404 baby girls have been named Memphis. The name peaked in 2022 with 251 US births that year (rank #1024). In 2024, ranked #1599 nationally — 575 places below its 2022 peak.
Top States for Memphis
Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Memphis births are: Texas (203), California (114), Florida (90).
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7-Letter Names Starting with M
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Quick Facts About Memphis
US Popularity History (2006–2025)
Annual US births named Memphis by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2021 with 768 boys named Memphis (boy rank #404 that year).
Where it stands today: in 2025, ranked #640 for boys (437 US births). That's 236 places below its 2021 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 Memphis Most Popular?
Average boy-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 boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Memphis the strongest states are Kentucky, West Virginia, Alabama.
Strongest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kentucky | #202 | 256 |
| 2 | West Virginia | #257 | 73 |
| 3 | Alabama | #288 | 191 |
| 4 | Missouri | #323 | 203 |
| 5 | North Carolina | #323 | 332 |
| 6 | South Carolina | #324 | 147 |
| 7 | Tennessee | #329 | 249 |
| 8 | Indiana | #340 | 215 |
| 9 | Ohio | #350 | 320 |
| 10 | Oklahoma | #361 | 136 |
Weakest boys-name states
| # | State | Avg rank | Births |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | New York | #1,198 | 38 |
| 2 | New Jersey | #949 | 19 |
| 3 | California | #889 | 252 |
| 4 | Arizona | #785 | 50 |
| 5 | Washington | #774 | 72 |
| 6 | Colorado | #653 | 58 |
| 7 | Minnesota | #613 | 55 |
| 8 | Florida | #612 | 242 |
| 9 | Maryland | #603 | 72 |
| 10 | Pennsylvania | #591 | 143 |
Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Memphis in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.
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Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Memphis against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).
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