Remmington — #5521 US boys' name
411 babies named Remmington in U.S. Social Security records since 1984, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 61% of names given to boys today.
50% of everyone ever named Remmington was born in this single decade.
32 babies were named Remmington in 2020 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Remmington
The Social Security Administration has registered 411 babies named Remmington between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Remmington currently holds the #5521 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2020, when 32 babies received it in a single year. Remmington is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 266 additional births since 2007.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Remmington performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 207 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Remmington shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Remmington 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 411 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.
Remmington at a glance
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Current rank
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Remmington popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1984
- Peak year (2020)
- 32
- Annual births at peak — across 41 years of records
Currently ranks #5521 among boys.
411 total births across 41 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2020 with 32 births in a single year.
Remmington popularity over time — girls
266 total births recorded since 2007 (Remmington as girls' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The girls' variant of Remmington accounts for 39% of total recorded use across both genders.
Remmington by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 207 births that decade — 50% of Remmington's all-time total
Remmington decade highlights
- Peak decade 207 births
- Runner-up 114 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Remmington's strongest decade
207 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 50% of all-time use.
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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, 1984–2024 (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.