diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 0a3397097b..ddeebf40f6 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -309,6 +309,7 @@ version = "0.16.0"
 dependencies = [
  "measureme",
  "once_cell",
+ "rustc-hash",
 ]
 
 [[package]]
diff --git a/boa_profiler/Cargo.toml b/boa_profiler/Cargo.toml
index 59a5526116..f74c067e5d 100644
--- a/boa_profiler/Cargo.toml
+++ b/boa_profiler/Cargo.toml
@@ -11,8 +11,9 @@ repository.workspace = true
 rust-version.workspace = true
 
 [features]
-profiler = ["measureme", "once_cell"]
+profiler = ["measureme", "once_cell", "rustc-hash"]
 
 [dependencies]
 measureme = { version = "10.1.0", optional = true }
 once_cell = { version = "1.16.0", optional = true }
+rustc-hash = { version = "1.1.0", optional = true }
diff --git a/boa_profiler/src/lib.rs b/boa_profiler/src/lib.rs
index 1eecc051ba..de9d550faf 100644
--- a/boa_profiler/src/lib.rs
+++ b/boa_profiler/src/lib.rs
@@ -81,10 +81,16 @@
 use std::fmt::{self, Debug};
 
 #[cfg(feature = "profiler")]
-use measureme::{EventId, Profiler as MeasuremeProfiler, TimingGuard};
+use measureme::{EventId, Profiler as MeasuremeProfiler, StringId, TimingGuard};
 #[cfg(feature = "profiler")]
 use once_cell::sync::OnceCell;
 #[cfg(feature = "profiler")]
+use rustc_hash::FxHashMap;
+#[cfg(feature = "profiler")]
+use std::collections::hash_map::Entry;
+#[cfg(feature = "profiler")]
+use std::sync::RwLock;
+#[cfg(feature = "profiler")]
 use std::{
     path::Path,
     thread::{current, ThreadId},
@@ -94,6 +100,7 @@ use std::{
 #[cfg(feature = "profiler")]
 pub struct Profiler {
     profiler: MeasuremeProfiler,
+    string_cache: RwLock<FxHashMap<String, StringId>>,
 }
 
 /// This static instance must never be public, and its only access must be done through the
@@ -106,17 +113,45 @@ static mut INSTANCE: OnceCell<Profiler> = OnceCell::new();
 impl Profiler {
     /// Start a new profiled event.
     pub fn start_event(&self, label: &str, category: &str) -> TimingGuard<'_> {
-        let kind = self.profiler.alloc_string(category);
-        let id = EventId::from_label(self.profiler.alloc_string(label));
+        let kind = self.get_or_alloc_string(category);
+        let id = EventId::from_label(self.get_or_alloc_string(label));
         let thread_id = Self::thread_id_to_u32(current().id());
         self.profiler
             .start_recording_interval_event(kind, id, thread_id)
     }
 
+    fn get_or_alloc_string(&self, s: &str) -> StringId {
+        {
+            // Check the cache only with the read lock first.
+            let cache = self
+                .string_cache
+                .read()
+                .expect("Some writer panicked while holding an exclusive lock.");
+            if let Some(id) = cache.get(s) {
+                return *id;
+            }
+        }
+        let mut cache = self
+            .string_cache
+            .write()
+            .expect("Some writer panicked while holding an exclusive lock.");
+        let entry = cache.entry(s.into());
+        match entry {
+            Entry::Occupied(entry) => *entry.get(),
+            Entry::Vacant(entry) => {
+                let id = self.profiler.alloc_string(s);
+                *entry.insert(id)
+            }
+        }
+    }
+
     fn default() -> Self {
         let profiler =
             MeasuremeProfiler::new(Path::new("./my_trace")).expect("must be able to create file");
-        Self { profiler }
+        Self {
+            profiler,
+            string_cache: RwLock::new(FxHashMap::default()),
+        }
     }
 
     /// Return the global instance of the profiler.