Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Memory

#5,771 most common girls' name of all time · #9,759 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · 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
19401960198020002020

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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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