Remmel — boys' name
18 babies named Remmel in U.S. Social Security records since 1918, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
18 boys have been named Remmel since 1918, peaking in the 1910s, last recorded in 1925.
- 18
- total births
- 1918–1925
- years on record
- 1910s
- peak decade
- 72%
- born in that decade
72% of everyone ever named Remmel was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Remmel in 1918 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Remmel
The Social Security Administration has registered 18 babies named Remmel between 1918 and 1925, spanning 8 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Remmel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1925. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Remmel performed strongest in the 1910s, accumulating 13 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Remmel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Arkansas, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Remmel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Remmel 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 18 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.
Remmel at a glance
Last recorded 1925Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Remmel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1925–1918
- Peak year (1918)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 8 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1925.
18 total births across 8 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1918 with 8 births in a single year.
Remmel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1910s
- 13 births that decade — 72% of Remmel's all-time total
Remmel decade highlights
- Peak decade 13 births
- Runner-up 5 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1910s was Remmel's strongest decade
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 72% of all-time use.
Remmel by state
Where Remmel concentrates geographically — total births since 1918
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Arkansas | | 13 | 72.2% |
13 of 18 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Arkansas 72.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Arkansas accounts for 72.2% 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, 1918–1925 (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.