Memphis

What Memphis means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Memphis yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Used for both: 75% of US babies named Memphis in 2025 were boys Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Memphis?

US: Steady: #649 in 2015, #639 now. England & Wales: Falling: down from #1186 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2021, when 768 boys got the name (#404 that year). First in the US records in 1916.

How common

• About 1 in 3,909 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 27,194 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in KY (1.27 per 1,000 boys), WV (0.81 per 1,000 boys), SC (0.8 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Memphis is #639 in the US and #2269 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 75.3% of US babies named Memphis were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Memphis

Boys

• Zayden#213Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 2000, with 11 babies
• Julian#25“Roman personal name”^*
• Maximus#275Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1997, with 5 babies
• Beckham#168“homestead”^*
• Sebastian#16“august, venerable, exalted”^*
• Emiliano#94Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #94 vs #1,359 in 2025

For a sister

• Nevaeh#165From the word “heaven”^*
• Ximena#183Basque, meaning “son”^*
• Leila#259Editor’s note Steady in the US: #247 in 2015 and #259 in 2025
• Lola#275Editor’s note Down from #224 in 2015 to #275 in 2025 in the US
• Ella#29Short form of Eleanor, possibly meaning “other”^*
• Piper#155Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #67 in 2015, #155 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Memphis’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.