Memphis

Boy · recorded 1916–2025 · given to both girls and boys (about 3.1 to 1)

  • #639in 2025
  • 1 in 3,908boys in 2025
  • +22%last ten years
  • 4.5×in Kentucky

Most popular in 2021, and up 22% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1916

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 41 recorded years as a table
Memphis, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
19169
19188
19205
19216
19226
19239
19255
19285
19297
19305
19377
19404
19415
19464
19973
20006
200158
200278
200368
200476
200576
200698
2007131
2008172
2009216
2010212
2011166
2012160
2013206
2014193
2015209
2016226
2017261
2018356
2019396
2020378
2021439
2022404
2023359
2024283
2025256

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. Kentucky 4.5×
  2. South Carolina 3.2×
  3. Alabama 2.4×
  4. Missouri 2.2×
  5. Ohio 2.1×

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
437
Rank in 2025
#639
How rare
1 in 3,908 boys
Since 1916
10,185

Most popular in 2021, at 439 per million boys born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 22% per million boys born.

Top 5 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
Kentucky4.5×81
South Carolina3.2×59
Alabama2.4×46
Missouri2.2×54
Ohio2.1×100

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.