Memory — #10341 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Memory

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,333 babies named Memory between 1922 and 2024, spanning 103 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Memory currently holds the #10341 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2006, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Memory performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 205 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Memory shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 51 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Mississippi. In total, SSA state-level files list Memory in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Memory in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,333 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.