Mostly boys · peaked in 2022
Remy name popularity since 1925
20,725 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Remy (39.9% girls, 60.1% boys). Half of them were born in 2018 or earlier, so the typical Remy is about 8 years old in 2026. Remy peaked in 2022 as the #356 name for boys, and it ranked #408 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,725
- Named Remy, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #408
- for boys in 2025 (781 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 60.1% boys
- 8,262 girls · 12,463 boys
- Most popular in
- Washington
- 2.30× its national share
Peak year is the year Remy 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.
Remy births per year, 1925–2025
2022 was the biggest year for Remy both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2012 and 2017, Remy became 2.9× more common, from 1 in 8,000 baby boys to 1 in 2,720.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Remy's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Remy.
Decade by decade
Babies named Remy 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 | 14 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 10 | #4,048 |
| 1940s | 0 | 27 | #3,680 |
| 1950s | 0 | 79 | #2,408 |
| 1960s | 25 | 99 | #2,734 |
| 1970s | 97 | 108 | #3,201 |
| 1980s | 286 | 291 | #2,004 |
| 1990s | 614 | 696 | #1,402 |
| 2000s | 908 | 1,242 | #1,370 |
| 2010s | 3,395 | 4,792 | #522 |
| 2020–25 | 2,937 | 5,105 | #408 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
72.4% of babies named Remy from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Remy is most popular
The index compares Remy'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 Remy.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Washington | 2.30× | 660 |
| Colorado | 2.11× | 447 |
| Oregon | 1.97× | 317 |
| Arizona | 1.88× | 417 |
| California | 1.88× | 3,416 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Remy's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Remy.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Remy (2022).
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