Memphis

Meaning: Enduring and beautiful
Origin: From Egyptian men-nefer (from Egyptian, via Greek and Latin Memphis)

Girl's name · #1494 in the US (2025) · 2020s wave

24% girls · 76% boys — About 76% of babies named Memphis in recent years have been boys. Memphis →

Popularity over time

Memphis is near its high-water mark: it reached #1024 in 2022 and still ranked #1494 in 2025. About 2,600 girls have carried it since 1915.

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 20 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

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#1,804 in Canada (2024).

Memphis Minnie — American blues guitarist, singer, and songwriter (1897–1973)
Memphis Tennessee Garrison — Activist for African Americans and young women during the Jim Crow Era in rural West Virginia (1890–1988)
Memphis Wood — American artist
Memphis LK — Australian record producer

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