A semiconductor memory device includes a plurality of electrode layers stacked in a first direction; a semiconductor layer of a columnar shape extending through the electrode layers in the first direction; and a plurality of floating gates provided between the electrode layers and the semiconductor layer respectively. The floating gates surround the semiconductor layer. A gate length in a first direction of a floating gate positioned between one of the electrode layers and the semiconductor layer is longer than a layer thickness in the first direction of the one of the electrode layers. A ratio of the layer thickness of the one of the electrode layers to the gate length has a positive correlation with an outer diameter of a first portion of the semiconductor layer surrounded by the floating gate in a second direction from the semiconductor layer toward the one of the electrode layers.