A method and system for allocating memory to an electronic device (202) is provided. The method includes providing (404) a first static memory allocation to each allocation request of a first plurality of allocation requests. The method also includes determining (406) a mean and a standard deviation from the first plurality of allocation requests. Further, the method includes providing (408) a second static memory allocation to each allocation request of a second plurality of allocation requests, wherein the second static memory allocation is based on at least two standard deviations greater than the mean.