Memory
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- MEM-uh-ree
- Origin
- English
- US rank, 2025
- #6,545 for girls
Memory is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “remembrance”. In 2025 it ranked 6,545th for girls in the US (17 babies).
What does Memory mean?
English: English word, from Latin memoria
“remembrance”
Long used as a given name in southern Africa, especially Zimbabwe and Malawi.
Is Memory a girl's or a boy's name?
Memory is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Memory in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #6,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 95,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the US were named Memory, making it the 6,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 2006, with 36 girls. It first appears in the records in 1922.
Half of all the girls named Memory in the US since 1880 were born between 1966 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Memory in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #6,545 |
| 2024 | 9 | #10,266 |
| 2023 | 18 | #6,404 |
| 2022 | 23 | #5,462 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 13 | #8,134 |
| 2018 | 14 | #7,758 |
| 2017 | 19 | #6,283 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 16 | #7,263 |
| 2014 | 14 | #8,050 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 14 | #8,192 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 18 | #7,063 |
| 2008 | 23 | #5,952 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 36 | #4,072 |
| 2005 | 24 | #5,261 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 23 | #4,633 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 19 | #5,011 |
| 1993 | 17 | #5,413 |
| 1992 | 25 | #4,082 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 22 | #4,375 |
| 1989 | 15 | #5,539 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 18 | #4,280 |
| 1984 | 18 | #4,165 |
| 1983 | 19 | #3,948 |
| 1982 | 13 | #5,207 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 30 | #2,940 |
| 1979 | 35 | #2,582 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,924 |
| 1977 | 33 | #2,557 |
| 1976 | 31 | #2,545 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,403 |
| 1974 | 15 | #4,040 |
| 1973 | 19 | #3,341 |
| 1972 | 7 | #6,556 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,309 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,455 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,865 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 12 | #3,878 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 14 | #3,459 |
| 1960 | 13 | #3,511 |
| 1959 | 12 | #3,618 |
| 1958 | 9 | #4,192 |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,535 |
| 1956 | 9 | #4,160 |
| 1955 | 13 | #3,224 |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,276 |
| 1953 | 6 | #5,039 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 10 | #3,392 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,897 |
| 1946 | 28 | #1,677 |
| 1945 | 11 | #2,741 |
| 1944 | 14 | #2,400 |
| 1943 | 8 | #3,492 |
| 1942 | 16 | #2,213 |
| 1941 | 5 | #4,418 |
| 1940 | 5 | #4,347 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,845 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 5 | #4,179 |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #4,409 |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 7 | #3,872 |
| 1925 | 8 | #3,663 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 11 | #2,956 |
Names like Memory
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Melody Kimberly Mallory Destiny Holly Sunny Shelby Harmony Madison Molly Melanie Emily
Names related to Memory
More English names
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Memory: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/memory, updated 20 October 2026.