Remer — boys' name
113 babies named Remer in U.S. Social Security records since 1913, with the highest year being 1915. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Remer was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Remer in 1915 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Remer
The Social Security Administration has registered 113 babies named Remer between 1913 and 1960, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Remer currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1960. The name reached its historical peak in 1915, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Remer performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 38 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Remer shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Georgia, which accounts for 46 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Remer in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Remer in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 113 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Remer at a glance
Last recorded 1960Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Remer popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1913
- Peak year (1915)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1960.
113 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1915 with 7 births in a single year.
Remer by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 38 births that decade — 34% of Remer's all-time total
Remer decade highlights
- Peak decade 38 births
- Runner-up 37 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Remer's strongest decade
38 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Remer by state
Where Remer concentrates geographically — total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Georgia | | 46 | 40.7% |
46 of 113 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Georgia 40.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Georgia accounts for 40.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1913–1960 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.