Memphis
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 567 babies a year in the US.
How Memphis has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #649 |
| 2016 | #623 |
| 2017 | #564 |
| 2018 | #458 |
| 2019 | #432 |
| 2020 | #455 |
| 2021 | #405 |
| 2022 | #442 |
| 2023 | #489 |
| 2024 | #588 |
| 2025 | #640 |
Memphis by the numbers
In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Memphis. In the US, 567 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 best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Memphis
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Memphis. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Memphys5 in the US (2017)
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