Memphis
2 countries#639 in United States, 2025US
#639
in United States, 2025
FR
#2199
in France, 2022
Total births recorded
12,837
Peak year (United States)
2021
Peak-year count
986
First recorded
1915
Popularity across 2 countries
Each line is scaled to its own peak, so you can compare when Memphis was in fashion in each country, whatever the population size.
United StatesFrance
Country by country
United States
12,735 births recorded 1915–2025 · currently #639 · peaked in 2021 with 986 births
Most common in: Texas, Ohio, California, North Carolina, Georgia
Source: Social Security Administration, official birth-registration data
France
102 births recorded 1996–2022 · currently #2199 · peaked in 2021 with 14 births
Source: INSEE, official birth-registration data
United States rank history
Memphis’s rank among boys’ names, most recent 20 years on record.
| Year | Rank | vs. prior yr |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | #934 | — |
| 2007 | #796 | ↑138 |
| 2008 | #685 | ↑111 |
| 2009 | #602 | ↑83 |
| 2010 | #609 | ↓7 |
| 2011 | #720 | ↓111 |
| 2012 | #754 | ↓34 |
| 2013 | #632 | ↑122 |
| 2014 | #682 | ↓50 |
| 2015 | #649 | ↑33 |
| 2016 | #624 | ↑25 |
| 2017 | #563 | ↑61 |
| 2018 | #457 | ↑106 |
| 2019 | #432 | ↑25 |
| 2020 | #455 | ↓23 |
| 2021 | #404 | ↑51 |
| 2022 | #441 | ↓37 |
| 2023 | #486 | ↓45 |
| 2024 | #586 | ↓100 |
| 2025 | #639 | ↓53 |
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