Remy
Masculine · “oarsman”
Remy is given to both — 12,484 boys and 8,262 girls since 1880. See Remy as a girl nameSee other names given to both
Remy comes down from Remigius, the Latin name carried by the bishop of Reims who baptized Clovis, king of the Franks, at the turn of the sixth century — a name France has kept in circulation ever since as Rémi and Rémy. Two light syllables, both open, nothing in it for an English speaker to stumble over. It crossed to the United States early last century and has been quietly on the books here every decade since.
How old is the name Remy?
Remy first appears in US birth records in 1914 — 111 years ago. The typical Remy is a kid of about 7 — this name's wave is very recent. About 12,500 people named Remy are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Remy most popular?
Remy peaked in 2020, reaching #356 nationally. Today it ranks #408, 52 places below that high. See the whole 2020 chart.
Where it comes from
From Remigius to Remy
The story of Remy
The Latin Remigius belonged most famously to the bishop of Reims who died around 533 and who baptized the Frankish king Clovis, an event that anchored the name in northern France for good. Medieval French wore it down to Rémi and Rémy, and the accent-free Remy is simply what the name looks like once English gets hold of it. Other Catholic countries kept their own versions — Remigio in Italy and Spain, Remigiusz in Poland. In American records the spelling has been used for boys since the early twentieth century, with girls added to the count more recently.
Meaning
oarsman, rower
From Latin Remigius, built on remex, remigis — the man at the oar. The saint's fame in Gaul, not the word itself, is what carried the name forward.
How the name formed
- Remigius
- Rémi
- Rémy
- Remy
Related forms: Rémi · Rémy · Remigius · Remigio · Remigio · Remigiusz
Pronouncing Remy
REM-ee
Standard in American English, stress on the first syllable. The French Rémy is ray-MEE, with the stress at the back — worth deciding which one you want before the name is handed to a room full of relatives.
Nicknames for Remy
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
- 1914
- Most boys named
- 2021904 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #356reached in 2020
- Change vs 2023
- −4.4%781 in 2025, from 817
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.
Remy in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Rémi in French — same name
- Rémy in French — spelling variant
- Remigius in Latin — same name
- Remigio in Italian — same name
- Remigio in Spanish — same name
- Remigiusz in Polish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Remys among us
people named Remy are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 2,187 born in 2025 was named Remy
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Remy
- #408
- Remy on the 2025 chart
- #288
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Remy went to 781 boys in 2025, but Remi, Remmy 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 — 120 places above the chart.
About 1 boy in 1,481 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 2,187 for Remy 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 Skylar test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Remy's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Skylar climbed just as high around 2000, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Skylar's path sketches the road Remy is walking now.
Remy 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 Remy is headed
Remy should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
High 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.
Remy beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Remy in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Two syllables, five letters, and spelled the way an English speaker hears it — no accent to lose in forms and databases.
- Works for a girl or a boy without either use looking like a mistake, since American records carry both.
- A documented line running back to late-antique Gaul, with living forms in French, Italian, Spanish and Polish.
- Short enough to need no nickname, but Rem and Remmy are there if a child wants one.
- Two pronunciations compete: the English REM-ee and the French ray-MEE. Both are correct for the name, so expect to correct people occasionally, and expect the correction to be easy.
- Rémy Martin cognac and the cooking rat in Pixar's Ratatouille are the two associations most Americans reach for first. Neither is a problem, but you will hear about them.
- The spelling splits three ways — Remy, Remi, Rémy — so the name will sometimes be written back to you in a form you didn't choose.
- It leans toward boys in US records without settling there. A girl named Remy will occasionally be assumed male on paper, which matters more on a class list than in a classroom.
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Remy
Masculine · #408 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Remys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 12,500 people named Remy are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Remy?
- Remy is the most-used spelling in US records — 781 of the 1,153 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Remi, Remmy and Remmi.
- How popular is the name Remy in 2025?
- Remy ranks #408 among US boy names in 2025, with 781 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Remy?
- About 1 in every 2,187 US boys born in 2025 was named Remy — 781 in all.
- Will my child share the name Remy with classmates?
- Remy will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Remy
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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