girls:
47 births since 2013
#5669 (1st percentile)
boys:
59 births since 2008
#4527 (1st percentile)
overall:
106 births since 2008
#7633 (1st percentile)
The name Memphys is the #7,633 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 106 recorded births since 2008. This represents the 1.3% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 1.3% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,527 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 59 births since 2008. For girls, it ranks #5,669 (0.8% percentile) for all time with 47 births since 2013.
Memphys first appeared in U.S. birth records in 2008 (2008 for boys and 2013 for girls). Birth data for Memphys is available in 11 out of the 16 years between 2008 and 2023 (10 years for boys and 5 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Memphys has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (55.7% of all recorded births). In 2023, 30.0% of babies named Memphys were boys.
For boys, Memphys reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 0.3% percentile (ranked #898) with 4 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 4 births per million (ranked 0.3% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2019, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Memphys ranks #910 for boys (0.1% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 75.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Memphys reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 1.0% percentile (ranked #938) with 8 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 8 births per million (ranked 1.0% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Memphys is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #938 (1.0% percentile) with 8 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Memphys".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Memphys. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 85.7% confident that Memphys is pronounced as MEHM-fihs, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is MEHM-fees, at 14.3% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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