NameTides

Memphis

Memphis was the #639 boys' name in the US in 2025 (437 babies), and #2,269 in England & Wales and #1,251 in Canada.

Memphis as a boy’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Memphis as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Memphis as a boy’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#639 (437)#2,269 (10)#1,251 (19)
2024#586 (487)#1,952 (12)#697 (38)
2023#486 (614)#1,461 (17)#710 (36)
2022#441 (705)#1,420 (18)#561 (48)
2021#404 (768)#1,290 (20)#613 (45)
2020#455 (653)#1,723 (13)#564 (46)
2019#432 (711)#1,655 (14)#557 (49)
2018#457 (647)#1,786 (13)#551 (49)
2017#563 (483)#1,124 (25)#608 (43)
2016#624 (429)#1,157 (24)#588 (46)
2015#649 (401)#1,186 (22)#634 (41)
2014#682 (371)#1,819 (12)#643 (41)
2013#632 (390)#1,920 (11)#582 (46)
2012#754 (303)#1,756 (13)#662 (37)
2011#720 (316)#2,613 (7)#617 (40)

Memphis as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Memphis as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Memphis as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#1,493 (143)#3,705 (6)#2,475 (8)
2024#1,579 (133)#4,193 (5)#1,710 (13)
2023#1,164 (207)#4,710 (4)#2,366 (8)
2022#1,024 (251)#5,670 (3)—
2021#1,129 (218)#2,711 (9)#1,876 (11)
2020#1,308 (168)—#2,343 (8)
2019#1,345 (169)#4,686 (4)#2,025 (10)
2018#1,506 (145)—#1,639 (13)
2017#2,018 (97)#4,063 (5)#1,901 (11)
2016#2,093 (93)#4,096 (5)#3,294 (5)
2015#1,919 (105)#4,103 (5)#2,011 (10)
2014#1,922 (104)#5,691 (3)#2,185 (9)
2013#2,259 (82)—#1,599 (14)
2012#2,935 (58)#5,876 (3)#1,695 (13)
2011#2,369 (78)—#1,588 (14)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2021 at #404.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1916.
  • In 2025, 25% of US babies named Memphis were girls.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,900 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USBoys2025about 1 in 3,900uncommon
England & WalesBoys2025about 1 in 27,000rare
CanadaBoys2025about 1 in 8,400uncommon
USGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 19,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Memphis is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 4,500 baby boys. Likely range 1 in 4,100 to 1 in 4,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Memphis by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #523WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #999WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: #752ILMichigan: #445MINew York: #1,760NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #493IAIndiana: #512INOhio: #388OHPennsylvania: #546PANew Jersey: #1,022NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #1,241CAUtah: #703UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #318MOKentucky: #213KYWest Virginia: #330WVVirginia: #408VAMaryland: #702MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #844AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #428KSArkansas: #489ARTennessee: #592TNNorth Carolina: #407NCSouth Carolina: #311SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #395OKLouisiana: #376LAMississippi: #471MSAlabama: #422ALGeorgia: #452GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #876TXFlorida: #958FL
Memphis (boys) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#63618

Memphis (boys): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
MemphisCanadaGirls#2,4758
MemphisCanadaBoys#1,25119
MemphisEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
MemphisEngland & WalesBoys#2,26910
MemphisNorthern IrelandBoys—too few
MemphisUSGirls#1,493143
MemphisUSBoys#639437