Remmy
Masculine · “oarsman”
Remmy is given to both — 662 boys and 308 girls since 1880. See other names given to both
Remmy is an affectionate form of Rémy, and Rémy is an oarsman. The Latin remex named the man pulling on an oar in a Roman galley, which is an unusually physical thing for a saint's name to come from.
How old is the name Remmy?
Remmy first appears in US birth records in 1997 — 28 years ago. The typical Remmy is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 700 people named Remmy are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Remmy most popular?
Remmy peaked in 2016, reaching #2207 nationally. Today it ranks #2884, 677 places below that high. See the whole 2016 chart.
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Where it comes from
From remex to Remmy
The story of Remmy
Remigius of Reims baptized Clovis, king of the Franks, at the end of the fifth century — the moment traditionally taken as the conversion of France — and the name became French Rémi and Rémy in his honor. It is common in France and in French-speaking Africa. Separately, Remington is an English surname that reached America and became a first name, and Remmy and Remy serve as short forms for it. The two roads have converged in American records, and the spelling with two m's is the more informal of them.
Meaningscholars disagree
oarsman
Latin Remigius is generally derived from remex, remigis, 'a rower or oarsman', from remus, an oar. That reading is the standard one and is not beyond argument, since saints' names of the period were often reshaped. Remmy may also be a short form of Remington, an English place-name and surname, which would give it a different ancestry entirely. Both roads are live in American use.
How the name formed
- remex
- Remigius
- Rémy
- Remmy
Related forms: Rémy · Remigius · Remy
Pronouncing Remmy
REM-ee
Two syllables, stress on the first. French says ray-MEE, with the stress at the end and a long first vowel, which is a different shape entirely.
Nicknames for Remmy
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1997
- Most boys named
- 202062 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #2207reached in 2016
- Change vs 2024
- +16.2%43 in 2025, from 37
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Remmy in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Rémy in French — related form
- Remigius in Latin — related form
- Remy in English — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, Washington.
Remmys among us
people named Remmy are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 39,723 born in 2025 was named Remmy
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Remmy
- #2884
- Remmy on the 2025 chart
- #288
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Remmy went to 43 boys in 2025, but Remy, Remi and Remmi are the same name said out loud. Together the 4 spellings went to 1,153, which makes it the 288th most-given boys’ name of the year — 2,596 places above the chart.
About 1 boy in 1,481 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 39,723 for Remmy itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Nicanor test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Remmy's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Nicanor climbed just as high around 1954, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Nicanor's path sketches the road Remmy is walking now.
Remmy sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Remmy is headed
Remmy is easing off slowly — about 19% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Remmy beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Remmy in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A documented Latin origin with a concrete and unusual meaning behind it.
- Rem and Remy are both ready alternatives and Remy is a full name of its own.
- Two syllables that every English speaker says correctly at first sight.
- Remy is the standard spelling and this one will be corrected in writing.
- The French pronunciation is entirely different and will not survive an American classroom.
- It is a diminutive by construction and can read as informal on documents.
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Frequently asked
- How many Remmys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 700 people named Remmy are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Remmy?
- Remmy is one of 4 recorded spellings. Remy is the more common one — 781 births in 2025 against 43 for Remmy.
- How popular is the name Remmy in 2025?
- Remmy ranks #2884 among US boy names in 2025, with 43 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Remmy?
- About 1 in every 39,723 US boys born in 2025 was named Remmy — 43 in all.
- Will my child share the name Remmy with classmates?
- Remmy will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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