Memory Popularity by Year
Follow Memory across every available national year. Rankings and birth counts remain separated by the source dataset’s girl and boy categories.
Memory birth-count history
The chart samples long histories for faster loading. The complete table below includes every recorded year.
Complete year-by-year record
| Year | Category | Births | Rank | Change from previous recorded year |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | Girls | 17 | #6,546 | Up 3,725 places |
| 2024 | Girls | 9 | #10,271 | Down 3,862 places |
| 2023 | Girls | 18 | #6,409 | Down 944 places |
| 2022 | Girls | 23 | #5,465 | Up 709 places |
| 2021 | Girls | 19 | #6,174 | Up 3,372 places |
| 2020 | Girls | 10 | #9,546 | Down 1,408 places |
| 2019 | Girls | 13 | #8,138 | Down 376 places |
| 2018 | Girls | 14 | #7,762 | Down 1,475 places |
| 2017 | Girls | 19 | #6,287 | Up 943 places |
| 2016 | Girls | 16 | #7,230 | Up 36 places |
| 2015 | Girls | 16 | #7,266 | Up 787 places |
| 2014 | Girls | 14 | #8,053 | Up 82 places |
| 2013 | Girls | 14 | #8,135 | Down 331 places |
| 2012 | Girls | 15 | #7,804 | Up 392 places |
| 2011 | Girls | 14 | #8,196 | Down 979 places |
| 2010 | Girls | 17 | #7,217 | Down 151 places |
| 2009 | Girls | 18 | #7,066 | Down 1,111 places |
| 2008 | Girls | 23 | #5,955 | Up 3,052 places |
| 2007 | Girls | 13 | #9,007 | Down 4,934 places |
| 2006 | Girls | 36 | #4,073 | Up 1,193 places |
| 2005 | Girls | 24 | #5,266 | Up 2,993 places |
| 2004 | Girls | 13 | #8,259 | Up 246 places |
| 2003 | Girls | 12 | #8,505 | Up 332 places |
| 2002 | Girls | 11 | #8,837 | Down 3,267 places |
| 2001 | Girls | 20 | #5,570 | Up 135 places |
| 2000 | Girls | 19 | #5,705 | Up 1,131 places |
| 1999 | Girls | 14 | #6,836 | Down 2,200 places |
| 1998 | Girls | 23 | #4,636 | Up 3,698 places |
| 1997 | Girls | 10 | #8,334 | Down 1,611 places |
| 1996 | Girls | 13 | #6,723 | Down 2,506 places |
| 1995 | Girls | 24 | #4,217 | Up 799 places |
| 1994 | Girls | 19 | #5,016 | Up 403 places |
| 1993 | Girls | 17 | #5,419 | Down 1,331 places |
| 1992 | Girls | 25 | #4,088 | Up 2,165 places |
| 1991 | Girls | 14 | #6,253 | Down 1,873 places |
| 1990 | Girls | 22 | #4,380 | Up 1,165 places |
| 1989 | Girls | 15 | #5,545 | Up 3,699 places |
| 1988 | Girls | 7 | #9,244 | Up 581 places |
| 1987 | Girls | 6 | #9,825 | Down 4,068 places |
| 1986 | Girls | 12 | #5,757 | Down 1,475 places |
| 1985 | Girls | 18 | #4,282 | Down 116 places |
| 1984 | Girls | 18 | #4,166 | Down 217 places |
| 1983 | Girls | 19 | #3,949 | Up 1,260 places |
| 1982 | Girls | 13 | #5,209 | Down 677 places |
| 1981 | Girls | 16 | #4,532 | Down 1,592 places |
| 1980 | Girls | 30 | #2,940 | Down 358 places |
| 1979 | Girls | 35 | #2,582 | Up 1,342 places |
| 1978 | Girls | 18 | #3,924 | Down 1,367 places |
| 1977 | Girls | 33 | #2,557 | Down 11 places |
| 1976 | Girls | 31 | #2,546 | Up 858 places |
| 1975 | Girls | 20 | #3,404 | Up 637 places |
| 1974 | Girls | 15 | #4,041 | Down 699 places |
| 1973 | Girls | 19 | #3,342 | Up 3,216 places |
| 1972 | Girls | 7 | #6,558 | Down 2,247 places |
| 1971 | Girls | 13 | #4,311 | Down 273 places |
| 1970 | Girls | 14 | #4,038 | Up 1,936 places |
| 1969 | Girls | 7 | #5,974 | Down 2,518 places |
| 1968 | Girls | 15 | #3,456 | Up 1,526 places |
| 1967 | Girls | 8 | #4,982 | Down 116 places |
| 1966 | Girls | 8 | #4,866 | Down 664 places |
| 1965 | Girls | 10 | #4,202 | Down 323 places |
| 1964 | Girls | 12 | #3,879 | Up 660 places |
| 1963 | Girls | 9 | #4,539 | Down 6 places |
| 1962 | Girls | 9 | #4,533 | Down 1,073 places |
| 1961 | Girls | 14 | #3,460 | Up 52 places |
| 1960 | Girls | 13 | #3,512 | Up 107 places |
| 1959 | Girls | 12 | #3,619 | Up 574 places |
| 1958 | Girls | 9 | #4,193 | Up 343 places |
| 1957 | Girls | 8 | #4,536 | Down 375 places |
| 1956 | Girls | 9 | #4,161 | Down 936 places |
| 1955 | Girls | 13 | #3,225 | Up 1,053 places |
| 1954 | Girls | 8 | #4,278 | Up 762 places |
| 1953 | Girls | 6 | #5,040 | Down 132 places |
| 1952 | Girls | 6 | #4,908 | Down 897 places |
| 1951 | Girls | 8 | #4,011 | Up 1,290 places |
| 1950 | Girls | 5 | #5,301 | Down 1,908 places |
| 1949 | Girls | 10 | #3,393 | Down 43 places |
| 1948 | Girls | 10 | #3,350 | Down 452 places |
| 1947 | Girls | 13 | #2,898 | Down 1,220 places |
| 1946 | Girls | 28 | #1,678 | Up 1,064 places |
| 1945 | Girls | 11 | #2,742 | Down 341 places |
| 1944 | Girls | 14 | #2,401 | Up 1,092 places |
| 1943 | Girls | 8 | #3,493 | Down 1,279 places |
| 1942 | Girls | 16 | #2,214 | Up 2,206 places |
| 1941 | Girls | 5 | #4,420 | Down 71 places |
| 1940 | Girls | 5 | #4,349 | Down 99 places |
| 1939 | Girls | 5 | #4,250 | Down 403 places |
| 1938 | Girls | 6 | #3,847 | Up 334 places |
| 1936 | Girls | 5 | #4,181 | Up 23 places |
| 1935 | Girls | 5 | #4,204 | Up 207 places |
| 1932 | Girls | 5 | #4,411 | Down 563 places |
| 1931 | Girls | 6 | #3,848 | Up 25 places |
| 1926 | Girls | 7 | #3,873 | Down 209 places |
| 1925 | Girls | 8 | #3,664 | Up 770 places |
| 1924 | Girls | 6 | #4,434 | Down 1,476 places |
| 1922 | Boys | 6 | #3,872 | — |
| 1922 | Girls | 11 | #2,958 | — |