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How popular is “Memory” in the USA?

Number of people named “Memory” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Memory” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Memory” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Memory” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Memory” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Memory” by birth year

This chart shows how “Memory” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1922 17 0.000007426 11 6 29%
1924 6 0.000002519 6 100%
1925 8 0.000003429 8 100%
1926 7 0.000003049 7 100%
1931 6 0.000002851 6 100%
1932 5 0.000002368 5 100%
1935 5 0.000002392 5 100%
1936 5 0.000002407 5 100%
1938 6 0.000002712 6 100%
1939 5 0.000002269 5 100%
1940 5 0.000002171 5 100%
1941 5 0.000002052 5 100%
1942 16 0.000005857 16 100%
1943 8 0.000002834 8 100%
1944 14 0.000005204 14 100%
1945 11 0.000004146 11 100%
1946 28 0.000008763 28 100%
1947 13 0.000003609 13 100%
1948 10 0.000002896 10 100%
1949 10 0.00000287 10 100%
1950 5 0.000001427 5 100%
1951 8 0.000002172 8 100%
1952 6 0.00000158 6 100%
1953 6 0.000001557 6 100%
1954 8 0.00000201 8 100%
1955 13 0.000003238 13 100%
1956 9 0.000002183 9 100%
1957 8 0.000001904 8 100%
1958 9 0.000002177 9 100%
1959 12 0.000002886 12 100%
1960 13 0.00000313 13 100%
1961 14 0.00000338 14 100%
1962 9 0.00000223 9 100%
1963 9 0.000002274 9 100%
1964 12 0.000003087 12 100%
1965 10 0.000002758 10 100%
1966 8 0.000002302 8 100%
1967 8 0.000002356 8 100%
1968 15 0.00000444 15 100%
1969 7 0.000002014 7 100%
1970 14 0.000003882 14 100%
1971 13 0.000003787 13 100%
1972 7 0.000002227 7 100%
1973 19 0.000006298 19 100%
1974 15 0.000004934 15 100%
1975 20 0.000006624 20 100%
1976 31 0.000010217 31 100%
1977 33 0.000010389 33 100%
1978 18 0.000005671 18 100%
1979 35 0.00001052 35 100%
1980 30 0.00000871 30 100%
1981 16 0.000004625 16 100%
1982 13 0.000003706 13 100%
1983 19 0.000005486 19 100%
1984 18 0.000005159 18 100%
1985 18 0.000005043 18 100%
1986 12 0.000003374 12 100%
1987 6 0.000001664 6 100%
1988 7 0.000001894 7 100%
1989 15 0.000003902 15 100%
1990 22 0.000005566 22 100%
1991 14 0.000003594 14 100%
1992 25 0.000006508 25 100%
1993 17 0.000004509 17 100%
1994 19 0.000005111 19 100%
1995 24 0.000006554 24 100%
1996 13 0.000003564 13 100%
1997 10 0.000002758 10 100%
1998 23 0.000006253 23 100%
1999 14 0.00000379 14 100%
2000 19 0.000005027 19 100%
2001 20 0.000005343 20 100%
2002 11 0.000002943 11 100%
2003 12 0.000003156 12 100%
2004 13 0.000003402 13 100%
2005 24 0.000006242 24 100%
2006 36 0.0000091 36 100%
2007 13 0.000003252 13 100%
2008 23 0.000005851 23 100%
2009 18 0.000004712 18 100%
2010 17 0.0000046 17 100%
2011 14 0.000003827 14 100%
2012 15 0.000004101 15 100%
2013 14 0.00000384 14 100%
2014 14 0.000003777 14 100%
2015 16 0.000004323 16 100%
2016 16 0.000004361 16 100%
2017 19 0.000005313 19 100%
2018 14 0.000003982 14 100%
2019 13 0.000003745 13 100%
2020 10 0.000002993 10 100%
2021 19 0.000005608 19 100%
2022 23 0.000006798 23 100%
2023 18 0.000005436 18 100%
2024 9 0.000002704 9 100%

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