Remy Boy & girl
How popular is Remy?
#408 boy name in 2025
781 baby boys were named Remy in the US in 2025, making it the 408th most popular boy name. Another 390 girls got the name (#718 for girls).
Remy popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #408 for boys (▼ 9 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 781 boys, 390 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+41% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #520 in 2015, #356 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2022 (924 boys) |
| Highest rank | #356 in 2020 (2 years at that rank) |
| First recorded | 1914 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 61% boys, 39% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.8% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Remy counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Remy family of names ranked #388 for boys in 2025 (#386 the year before), with 824 babies in all.
| Spelling | Boys in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Remy | 781 | 95% |
| Remmy | 43 | 5% |
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 Remy is most popular
Babies named Remy per 1,000 boys born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- District of Columbia: 3.0 per 1,000 (44 boys)
- Washington: 1.1 per 1,000 (186 boys)
- Oregon: 1.1 per 1,000 (85 boys)
- Massachusetts: 1.0 per 1,000 (136 boys)
- Colorado: 1.0 per 1,000 (124 boys)
Remy by decade
| Decade | Baby boys | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 12 | #2,914 |
| 1920s | 23 | #2,934 |
| 1930s | 10 | #3,644 |
| 1940s | 27 | #2,861 |
| 1950s | 79 | #2,301 |
| 1960s | 99 | #2,241 |
| 1970s | 108 | #2,464 |
| 1980s | 291 | #1,487 |
| 1990s | 696 | #1,224 |
| 2000s | 1,242 | #969 |
| 2010s | 4,792 | #415 |
| 2020s | 5,105 | #356 |
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Questions
- Is Remy a boy or girl name?
- Remy is used for both. Over the last 10 years, 61% of babies named Remy were boys and 39% were girls.
- How popular is the name Remy?
- 781 baby boys were named Remy in the US in 2025, making it the 408th most popular boy name. Another 390 girls got the name (#718 for girls).
- When was Remy most popular?
- Remy peaked in 2022, when 924 boys were given the name. Its highest rank was #356, held for 2 years starting in 2020.
- How many people are named Remy?
- 20,746 babies have been named Remy in the US since 1880. We estimate about 20,481 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 8.
- Where is Remy most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Remy was most common in District of Columbia, at 3.0 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.