Remington
Remington is ranked 287th among boys in 2024 (1,169 births). Its best rank was 227th, in 2019.
- Rank in 2024
- #287down 4 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,1690.07% of boys
- Peak year
- 20191,658 births
- Best rank
- #227in 2019
- Since 1955
- 32,394people given the name
The story in the numbers
22,860 boys have been named Remington in the United States since 1955, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2019, with 1,658 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 2017, and the 2010s alone account for 48%. It has spent 38 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Remington is used for both sexes: 29% of its bearers are girls (9,534), most of them born around 2021.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
In 2019, its biggest year
Remington was the 227th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2019 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, William and Elijah. See all of 2019.
Names that rose and fell with Remington
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Amenpeak 2019
- Rikerpeak 2015
- Jensenpeak 2018
- Jamesonpeak 2019
- Benaiahpeak 2021
- Masiahpeak 2022
- Alisterpeak 2022
- Jensonpeak 2021
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.