Unisex name · since 1955
Remington
Remington has 23,977 recorded births since 1955 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2019 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #760 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #307 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 23,977
- born since 1955
- 2010s
- peak decade
Remington currently ranks #307 among unisex names in America, with 23,977 babies recorded since 1955.
Remington has 23,977 recorded births among boys since 1955, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #307 as of the latest data, more common than 98% of boys, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1955 to 2025.
- #760 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #307 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 23,977 born since 1955
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Remington ranks #760 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #307 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 23,977 born since 1955, peaking in the 2010s.
- #760 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #307 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 23,977
- born since 1955
- 2010s
- peak decade
Remington's 23,977 recorded births place it above 98.32% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
49 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Remington compares
23,977 Top 6% higher than 94% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Remington's all-time total is 65x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Remington | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 23,977 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 1,658 | 34 | 22,252 |
Remington's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Remington's full recorded timeline at 2003, 88% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 12% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1955, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2019 peak of 1,658 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Remington popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1955–2025
- Peak year (2019)
- 1,658
- Annual births at peak, across 71 years of records
Remington popularity over time - girls
10,118 total births recorded since 1988 (Remington as girls' name)
Remington by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (11,017 births, 46% of the file).
2010s was Remington's strongest decade.
11,017 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Remington births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s 642
1980s
642 births
- 1990s 1,608
1990s
1,608 births
- 2000s 2,555
2000s
2,555 births
- 2010s
2010s
11,017 births
- 2020s
2020s
8,145 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 11,017 births (46% of all-time use).
How Remington compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Remington's total volume
Remington by state
Where Remington concentrates geographically, total births since 1955
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,801 | 7.5% |
| #2 | California | | 1,322 | 5.5% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 1,235 | 5.2% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 1,057 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Missouri | | 977 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 913 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Florida | | 878 | 3.7% |
| #8 | Tennessee | | 806 | 3.4% |
1,801 of 23,977 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Remington appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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- Remington's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (11,017 total births) through the 2020s (8,145) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Remingtons (1,801 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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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, 1955–2025 (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 Remington 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.