Memphis**
#1,030 most common boys' name of all time · #2,438 across all names · 80% male / 20% female · used 1915–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#1,030
Rank overall
#2,438 of 105,966
First appeared
1915
Years on the list
44 of 146
All-time
12,735
Since 2016
7,558
Peak year
2021 #404
Best rank
#404 2021
Girls
Boys
peak 986/yr
Memphis first appears in 1915. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 143 | 437 | 580 | #639 |
| 2024 | 133 | 487 | 620 | #587 |
| 2023 | 207 | 614 | 821 | #488 |
| 2022 | 251 | 705 | 956 | #442 |
| 2021 | 218 | 768 | 986 | #404 |
| 2020 | 168 | 653 | 821 | #455 |
| 2019 | 169 | 711 | 880 | #432 |
| 2018 | 145 | 647 | 792 | #458 |
| 2017 | 97 | 483 | 580 | #563 |
| 2016 | 93 | 429 | 522 | #624 |
| 2015 | 105 | 401 | 506 | #649 |
| 2014 | 104 | 371 | 475 | #683 |
| 2013 | 82 | 390 | 472 | #633 |
| 2012 | 58 | 303 | 361 | #755 |
| 2011 | 78 | 316 | 394 | #721 |
| 2010 | 63 | 407 | 470 | #610 |
| 2009 | 86 | 429 | 515 | #603 |
| 2008 | 78 | 351 | 429 | #685 |
| 2007 | 52 | 271 | 323 | #797 |
| 2006 | 47 | 201 | 248 | #935 |
| 2005 | 33 | 152 | 185 | #1,086 |
| 2004 | 31 | 150 | 181 | #1,068 |
| 2003 | 36 | 135 | 171 | #1,126 |
| 2002 | 19 | 152 | 171 | #1,016 |
| 2001 | 31 | 113 | 144 | #1,201 |
| 2000 | 6 | 12 | 18 | #5,643 |
| 1997 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,411 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1994 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1946 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,393 |
| 1941 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,368 |
| 1940 | — | 5 | 5 | #3,717 |
| 1937 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,088 |
| 1930 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,265 |
| 1929 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,457 |
| 1928 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,441 |
| 1925 | — | 6 | 6 | #3,984 |
| 1923 | — | 10 | 10 | #2,917 |
| 1922 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,734 |
| 1921 | — | 7 | 7 | #3,740 |
| 1920 | — | 5 | 5 | #4,597 |
| 1918 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,282 |
| 1916 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,121 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | 5 | — |