Mostly boys · peaked in 2020
Remington name popularity since 1925
34,095 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Remington (29.7% girls, 70.3% boys). Half of them were born in 2018 or earlier, so the typical Remington is about 8 years old in 2026. Remington peaked in 2020 as the #230 name for boys, and it ranked #307 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 34,095
- Named Remington, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #307
- for boys in 2025 (1,105 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 70.3% boys
- 10,118 girls · 23,977 boys
- Most popular in
- Idaho
- 3.60× its national share
Peak year is the year Remington made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Remington births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 2019. Measured as a share of all babies, Remington peaked in 2020.
- Fastest rise: Between 2008 and 2013, Remington became 2.9× more common, from 1 in 6,380 baby boys to 1 in 2,160.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Remington's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Remington.
Decade by decade
Babies named Remington in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 5 | #4,280 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 5 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 10 | 642 | #1,115 |
| 1990s | 334 | 1,608 | #941 |
| 2000s | 632 | 2,555 | #825 |
| 2010s | 4,691 | 11,017 | #298 |
| 2020–25 | 4,451 | 8,145 | #307 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
76.9% of babies named Remington from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Remington is most popular
The index compares Remington's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Remington.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Idaho | 3.60× | 449 |
| Utah | 3.27× | 874 |
| Arkansas | 2.42× | 781 |
| Oklahoma | 2.37× | 967 |
| West Virginia | 2.28× | 628 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Remington's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Remington.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Remington (2020).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data