Memory
Memory is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 9 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 90.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 200636 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1922
- 1,333people given the name
The story in the numbers
1,333 girls have been named Memory in the United States since 1922, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2006, with 36 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1984, and the 1970s alone account for 15%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Memory | |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 32 | |
| 1930s | 32 | |
| 1940s | 120 | |
| 1950s | 84 | |
| 1960s | 105 | |
| 1970s | 205 | |
| 1980s | 154 | |
| 1990s | 181 | |
| 2000s | 189 | |
| 2010s | 152 | |
| 2020s | 79 |
In 2006, its biggest year
Memory was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 2006 were Emily, Emma, Madison, Isabella and Ava. See all of 2006.
Names that rose and fell with Memory
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Eveliapeak 1980
- Michalpeak 1985
- Lynneapeak 2011
- Lanipeak 1979
- Starrpeak 1997
- Elissapeak 1979
- Adriapeak 1979
- Jeanellepeak 1981
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.