girls:
18.8k births since 1963
#1076 (81st percentile)
boys:
3.5k births since 1915
#2090 (54th percentile)
overall:
22.4k births since 1915
#1699 (78th percentile)
The name Remi is the #1,699 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 22,380 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 78.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 78.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,076 (81.2% percentile) for all time with 18,831 births since 1963. For boys, it ranks #2,090 (54.4% percentile) for all time with 3,549 births since 1915.
Remi first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (1915 for boys and 1963 for girls). Birth data for Remi is available in 84 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023 (81 years for boys and 58 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Remi has been given predominantly to girls, with 84.1% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 87.9% of babies named Remi were girls. Interestingly, until around 1968, the name was more popular for boys (93.2% boys from 1915 to 1967), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (84.9% girls from 1968 to 2023).
For girls, Remi reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 87.9% percentile (ranked #117) with 1,330 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 1,330 births per million (ranked 87.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2004, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Remi ranks #124 for girls (87.0% percentile) with 1,241 births per million, which is 93.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Remi reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 35.8% percentile (ranked #597) with 192 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 192 births per million (ranked 35.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2006, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Remi ranks #626 for boys (31.3% percentile) with 163 births per million, which is 84.7% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Remi".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Remi. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 75.6% confident that Remi is pronounced as REH-mee, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ree-MEE, at 9.8% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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