Memphis

Where Memphis comes from

Memphis hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1916
    First appearance
    #2,926 among boys, 8 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1994
    Memphis Depay born
    Dutch association football player
  3. 1997
    Mostly boys from here
    Until now more girls than boys got the name; from this year it's the other way round, and has stayed that way.
  4. 2021
    Peak, #404
    768 babies named Memphis — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Memphis Depay · Dutch association football player, born 1994

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.