How Many People Are Named Memphis?
people named Memphis are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 27,240 people in the US has this name
Based on 12,735 babies named Memphis in Social Security records from 1915 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
986 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Memphis, 20.2% were girls and 79.9% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 2000s: 17.6% of the babies were girls then and 23.4% in the 2020s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Memphis alive today is about 9 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 14 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Memphis first appears in the records in 1915 and was given most often in 2021, to 986 babies. In 2025, 580 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1915 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Memphis has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #404, in 2021. In 2025 it ranked #640. Among girls, its best rank was #1,024, in 2022.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #640 | #1,494 |
| Best rank | #404 (2021) | #1,024 (2022) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #599 in the 2010s | #1,250 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Memphis alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Memphis were born in Texas than in any other state: about 1,152 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Memphis was given 3.4 times as often in Kentucky, 2.7 times in Oklahoma and 2.3 times in Alabama.
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