# Memphis (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/memphis/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 12,735 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 10,185 / 2,550 (20% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 417, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 78 | 2,386 |
| 2012 | 58 | 2,964 |
| 2013 | 82 | 2,274 |
| 2014 | 104 | 1,934 |
| 2015 | 105 | 1,930 |
| 2016 | 93 | 2,109 |
| 2017 | 97 | 2,031 |
| 2018 | 145 | 1,510 |
| 2019 | 169 | 1,347 |
| 2020 | 168 | 1,315 |
| 2021 | 218 | 1,131 |
| 2022 | 251 | 1,024 |
| 2023 | 207 | 1,166 |
| 2024 | 133 | 1,585 |
| 2025 | 143 | 1,494 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 316 | 721 |
| 2012 | 303 | 755 |
| 2013 | 390 | 633 |
| 2014 | 371 | 683 |
| 2015 | 401 | 649 |
| 2016 | 429 | 624 |
| 2017 | 483 | 563 |
| 2018 | 647 | 458 |
| 2019 | 711 | 432 |
| 2020 | 653 | 455 |
| 2021 | 768 | 404 |
| 2022 | 705 | 442 |
| 2023 | 614 | 488 |
| 2024 | 487 | 588 |
| 2025 | 437 | 640 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 5 | 2,783 |
| 2002 | 3 | 4,137 |
| 2004 | 7 | 2,530 |
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2014 | 3 | 5,691 |
| 2015 | 5 | 4,103 |
| 2016 | 5 | 4,096 |
| 2017 | 5 | 4,063 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2021 | 9 | 2,711 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 4 | 4,709 |
| 2024 | 5 | 4,192 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 7 | 2,613 |
| 2012 | 13 | 1,756 |
| 2013 | 11 | 1,920 |
| 2014 | 12 | 1,819 |
| 2015 | 22 | 1,186 |
| 2016 | 24 | 1,157 |
| 2017 | 25 | 1,124 |
| 2018 | 13 | 1,786 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,655 |
| 2020 | 13 | 1,723 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,290 |
| 2022 | 18 | 1,420 |
| 2023 | 17 | 1,461 |
| 2024 | 12 | 1,951 |
| 2025 | 10 | 2,269 |

## People named Memphis

- Memphis Depay, Dutch association football player (born 1994)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.