Memory is a rare girls' name that peaked in 2006 and has grown less common since.
Memory is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #6,740 for girl births in the United States (and #11,672 across all names), given to 17 babies. Memory was first reported in SSA data in 1922 and peaked in 2006 (36 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | 17 | #6,740 | — |
| 2024 | 9 | 9 | #10,817 | — |
| 2023 | 18 | 18 | #6,583 | — |
| 2022 | 23 | 23 | #5,579 | — |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | #6,328 | — |
| 2020 | 10 | 10 | #10,031 | — |
| 2019 | 13 | 13 | #8,447 | — |
| 2018 | 14 | 14 | #8,026 | — |
| 2017 | 19 | 19 | #6,452 | — |
| 2016 | 16 | 16 | #7,495 | — |
| 2015 | 16 | 16 | #7,494 | — |
| 2014 | 14 | 14 | #8,357 | — |
| 2013 | 14 | 14 | #8,428 | — |
| 2012 | 15 | 15 | #8,076 | — |
| 2011 | 14 | 14 | #8,484 | — |
| 2010 | 17 | 17 | #7,410 | — |
| 2009 | 18 | 18 | #7,248 | — |
| 2008 | 23 | 23 | #6,075 | — |
| 2007 | 13 | 13 | #9,373 | — |
| 2006 | 36 | 36 | #4,128 | — |
| 2005 | 24 | 24 | #5,382 | — |
| 2004 | 13 | 13 | #8,571 | — |
| 2003 | 12 | 12 | #8,879 | — |
| 2002 | 11 | 11 | #9,264 | — |
| 2001 | 20 | 20 | #5,745 | — |
| 2000 | 19 | 19 | #5,862 | — |
| 1999 | 14 | 14 | #7,107 | — |
| 1998 | 23 | 23 | #4,748 | — |
| 1997 | 10 | — | #8,797 | — |
| 1996 | 13 | — | #7,007 | — |
| 1995 | 24 | — | #4,306 | — |
| 1994 | 19 | — | #5,163 | — |
| 1993 | 17 | — | #5,598 | — |
| 1992 | 25 | — | #4,176 | — |
| 1991 | 14 | — | #6,472 | — |
| 1990 | 22 | — | #4,467 | — |
| 1989 | 15 | — | #5,737 | — |
| 1988 | 7 | — | #9,964 | — |
| 1987 | 6 | — | #10,744 | — |
| 1986 | 12 | — | #6,022 | — |
| 1985 | 18 | — | #4,383 | — |
| 1984 | 18 | — | #4,265 | — |
| 1983 | 19 | — | #4,055 | — |
| 1982 | 13 | — | #5,422 | — |
| 1981 | 16 | — | #4,657 | — |
| 1980 | 30 | — | #2,974 | — |
| 1979 | 35 | — | #2,608 | — |
| 1978 | 18 | — | #4,020 | — |
| 1977 | 33 | — | #2,595 | — |
| 1976 | 31 | — | #2,585 | — |
| 1975 | 20 | — | #3,473 | — |
| 1974 | 15 | — | #4,161 | — |
| 1973 | 19 | — | #3,421 | — |
| 1972 | 7 | — | #7,013 | — |
| 1971 | 13 | — | #4,458 | — |
| 1970 | 14 | — | #4,173 | — |
| 1969 | 7 | — | #6,381 | — |
| 1968 | 15 | — | #3,553 | — |
| 1967 | 8 | — | #5,282 | — |
| 1966 | 8 | — | #5,132 | — |
| 1965 | 10 | — | #4,407 | — |
| 1964 | 12 | — | #4,030 | — |
| 1963 | 9 | — | #4,778 | — |
| 1962 | 9 | — | #4,760 | — |
| 1961 | 14 | — | #3,552 | — |
| 1960 | 13 | — | #3,624 | — |
| 1959 | 12 | — | #3,756 | — |
| 1958 | 9 | — | #4,401 | — |
| 1957 | 8 | — | #4,790 | — |
| 1956 | 9 | — | #4,361 | — |
| 1955 | 13 | — | #3,324 | — |
| 1954 | 8 | — | #4,534 | — |
| 1953 | 6 | — | #5,460 | — |
| 1952 | 6 | — | #5,338 | — |
| 1951 | 8 | — | #4,264 | — |
| 1950 | 5 | — | #5,845 | — |
| 1949 | 10 | — | #3,541 | — |
| 1948 | 10 | — | #3,516 | — |
| 1947 | 13 | — | #3,013 | — |
| 1946 | 28 | — | #1,704 | — |
| 1945 | 11 | — | #2,863 | — |
| 1944 | 14 | — | #2,476 | — |
| 1943 | 8 | — | #3,713 | — |
| 1942 | 16 | — | #2,278 | — |
| 1941 | 5 | — | #4,848 | — |
| 1940 | 5 | — | #4,824 | — |
| 1939 | 5 | — | #4,714 | — |
| 1938 | 6 | — | #4,182 | — |
| 1936 | 5 | — | #4,647 | — |
| 1935 | 5 | — | #4,678 | — |
| 1932 | 5 | — | #4,868 | — |
| 1931 | 6 | — | #4,189 | — |
| 1926 | 7 | — | #4,158 | — |
| 1925 | 8 | — | #3,920 | — |
| 1924 | 6 | — | #4,857 | — |
| 1922 | 17 | — | #3,093 | #4,151 |