Girls' name · since 1917
Remell
62 babies named Remell in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1928. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,547 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 62
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Remell sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 62 recorded since 1917.
Social Security Administration records show Remell recorded 62 times among girls since 1917, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1920s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1917 to 1959.
- #32,547 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 62 born since 1917
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Remell ranks #32,547 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 62 born since 1917, peaking in the 1920s.
- #32,547 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 62
- born since 1917
- 1920s
- peak decade
Remell's 62 recorded births place it above 54.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Remell's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Remell splits its recorded history at 1931: 50% of all births land in the more recent half, 50% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1917 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1928 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Remell popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1917–1959
- Peak year (1928)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 43 years of records
Remell by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (26 births, 42% of the file).
1920s was Remell's strongest decade.
26 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Remell births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 5
1910s
5 births
- 1920s
1920s
26 births
- 1930s 7
1930s
7 births
- 1940s 6
1940s
6 births
- 1950s
1950s
18 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 26 births (42% of all-time use).
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- Remell's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (26 total births) through the 1950s (18) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Similar record span (~42 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1917–1959 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Remell draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.