Memphis

“From Egyptian men-nefer, meaning enduring and beautiful” — Egyptian, via Greek and Latin Memphis origin

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

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. About 76% of babies named Memphis in recent years have been boys.

Around the world: about 1 in 11,000 girls in Canada (2024).

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

Famous Memphises

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

In stories & tradition

Memphis — mythological Greek character

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