Remington Boy & girl
How popular is Remington?
#307 boy name in 2025
1,105 baby boys were named Remington in the US in 2025, making it the 307th most popular boy name. Another 580 girls got the name (#511 for girls).
Remington popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #307 for boys (▼ 20 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 1,105 boys, 580 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (-9% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #298 in 2015, #230 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2019 (1,658 boys) |
| Highest rank | #227 in 2019 |
| First recorded | 1955 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 65% boys, 35% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Remington counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Remington family of names ranked #303 for boys in 2025 (#288 the year before), with 1,129 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Remington | 1,105 | 98% |
| Remmington | 16 | 1% |
| Remyngton | 8 | 1% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Remington is most popular
Babies named Remington per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- West Virginia: 4.7 per 1,000 (155 boys)
- Kentucky: 2.4 per 1,000 (240 boys)
- Arkansas: 2.1 per 1,000 (135 boys)
- Idaho: 2.1 per 1,000 (87 boys)
- Montana: 2.0 per 1,000 (35 boys)
Remington by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #3,885 |
| 1970s | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1980s | 642 | #836 |
| 1990s | 1,608 | #729 |
| 2000s | 2,555 | #582 |
| 2010s | 11,017 | #227 |
| 2020s | 8,145 | #230 |
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Questions
- Is Remington a boy or girl name?
- Remington is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 65% of babies named Remington were boys and 35% were girls.
- How popular is the name Remington?
- 1,105 baby boys were named Remington in the US in 2025, making it the 307th most popular boy name. Another 580 girls got the name (#511 for girls).
- When was Remington most popular?
- Remington peaked in 2019, when 1,658 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #227 in 2019.
- How many people are named Remington?
- 34,095 babies have been named Remington in the US since 1880. We estimate about 33,831 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Remington most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Remington was most common in West Virginia, at 4.7 of every 1,000 boys born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.