Memory
#5,771 most common girls' name of all time · #9,759 across all names · <1% boys / >99% girls · used 1922–2025
Rank among girls
#5,771
Rank overall
#9,759 of 105,966
First appeared
1922
Years on the list
96 of 146
All-time
1,356
Since 2016
158
Peak year
2006 #4,093
Best rank
#1,710 1946
Girls
Boys
peak 36/yr
Memory first appears in 1922. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | — | 17 | #6,592 |
| 2024 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,387 |
| 2023 | 18 | — | 18 | #6,456 |
| 2022 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,502 |
| 2021 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,223 |
| 2020 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,648 |
| 2019 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,205 |
| 2018 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,812 |
| 2017 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,326 |
| 2016 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,294 |
| 2015 | 16 | — | 16 | #7,310 |
| 2014 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,112 |
| 2013 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,199 |
| 2012 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,864 |
| 2011 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,257 |
| 2010 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,266 |
| 2009 | 18 | — | 18 | #7,110 |
| 2008 | 23 | — | 23 | #5,991 |
| 2007 | 13 | — | 13 | #9,075 |
| 2006 | 36 | — | 36 | #4,093 |
| 2005 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,299 |
| 2004 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,324 |
| 2003 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,573 |
| 2002 | 11 | — | 11 | #8,924 |
| 2001 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,611 |
| 2000 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,736 |
| 1999 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,903 |
| 1998 | 23 | — | 23 | #4,671 |
| 1997 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,433 |
| 1996 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,801 |
| 1995 | 24 | — | 24 | #4,244 |
| 1994 | 19 | — | 19 | #5,061 |
| 1993 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,471 |
| 1992 | 25 | — | 25 | #4,112 |
| 1991 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,304 |
| 1990 | 22 | — | 22 | #4,415 |
| 1989 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,614 |
| 1988 | 7 | — | 7 | #9,416 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,067 |
| 1986 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,832 |
| 1985 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,332 |
| 1984 | 18 | — | 18 | #4,210 |
| 1983 | 19 | — | 19 | #4,003 |
| 1982 | 13 | — | 13 | #5,291 |
| 1981 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,597 |
| 1980 | 30 | — | 30 | #2,958 |
| 1979 | 35 | — | 35 | #2,593 |
| 1978 | 18 | — | 18 | #3,970 |
| 1977 | 33 | — | 33 | #2,570 |
| 1976 | 31 | — | 31 | #2,567 |
| 1975 | 20 | — | 20 | #3,433 |
| 1974 | 15 | — | 15 | #4,109 |
| 1973 | 19 | — | 19 | #3,388 |
| 1972 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,734 |
| 1971 | 13 | — | 13 | #4,365 |
| 1970 | 14 | — | 14 | #4,109 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | 7 | #6,156 |
| 1968 | 15 | — | 15 | #3,511 |
| 1967 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,137 |
| 1966 | 8 | — | 8 | #5,023 |
| 1965 | 10 | — | 10 | #4,333 |
| 1964 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,970 |
| 1963 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,684 |
| 1962 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,677 |
| 1961 | 14 | — | 14 | #3,532 |
| 1960 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,596 |
| 1959 | 12 | — | 12 | #3,717 |
| 1958 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,342 |
| 1957 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,721 |
| 1956 | 9 | — | 9 | #4,312 |
| 1955 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,309 |
| 1954 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,465 |
| 1953 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,331 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | 6 | #5,241 |
| 1951 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,221 |
| 1950 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,701 |
| 1949 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,534 |
| 1948 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,499 |
| 1947 | 13 | — | 13 | #3,008 |
| 1946 | 28 | — | 28 | #1,710 |
| 1945 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,863 |
| 1944 | 14 | — | 14 | #2,489 |
| 1943 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,696 |
| 1942 | 16 | — | 16 | #2,292 |
| 1941 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,841 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,817 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,731 |
| 1938 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,204 |
| 1936 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,669 |
| 1935 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,715 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,940 |
| 1931 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,237 |
| 1926 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,264 |
| 1925 | 8 | — | 8 | #4,008 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,971 |
| 1922 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #3,151 |