Memory Girl
How popular is Memory?
#6,545 girl name in 2025
17 baby girls were named Memory in the US in 2025, making it the 6545th most popular girl name.
Memory popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #6,545 for girls (▲ 3721 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 17 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+6% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #7,263 in 2015, #9,541 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2006 (36 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,677 in 1946 |
| First recorded | 1922 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Memory counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Memory family of names ranked #2,928 for girls in 2025 (#2,961 the year before), with 34 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Memory | 17 | 50% |
| Memori | 10 | 29% |
| Memorie | 7 | 21% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Memory is most popular
Babies named Memory per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Memory by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 32 | #2,956 |
| 1930s | 32 | #3,845 |
| 1940s | 120 | #1,677 |
| 1950s | 84 | #3,224 |
| 1960s | 105 | #3,455 |
| 1970s | 205 | #2,545 |
| 1980s | 154 | #2,940 |
| 1990s | 181 | #4,082 |
| 2000s | 189 | #4,072 |
| 2010s | 152 | #6,283 |
| 2020s | 96 | #5,462 |
Girl names about as popular as Memory
Questions
- Is Memory a boy or girl name?
- Memory is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Memory were girls.
- How popular is the name Memory?
- 17 baby girls were named Memory in the US in 2025, making it the 6545th most popular girl name.
- When was Memory most popular?
- Memory peaked in 2006, when 36 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,677 in 1946.
- How many people are named Memory?
- 1,356 babies have been named Memory in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,204 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 36.
- Where is Memory most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Memory was most common in California, at 0.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.