To women this may sound ridiculous that a guy could forget their name but when I was a newbie I was always nervous, had alcohol in me, and usually approached sets(which means remembering multiple names at once). Here is a trick that I learned. enjoy

Remember her name. Also be sure to be appreciative if she remembers your name

Try to remember her name. Okay for all of you guys out there like me, I am absolutely terrible at remembering names. Its okay, we will get through this together. Now obviously my first piece of advice is be more conscious of remembering her name, and you won’t have to use a trick to do it. This however not always possible, especially if you have approached multiple girls that night, and many large number sets, and also if the girls lie about their names then this can get confusing (yes this is something that girls do, they will swap names with their friends or lie about their names during the initial stage of the interaction). My advice to you would be, the second she tells you her name, you come up with a cute nickname or say, “I like that name, can I call you “insert nickname”. You have effectively done two things by using this nickname trick. The first is that you have verbally said her name multiple times now, which will help your short-term memory retention. Secondly and more importantly, whether you realized it or not, you have flirted with her