girls:
8.9k births since 1988
#1714 (70th percentile)
boys:
21.7k births since 1955
#777 (83rd percentile)
overall:
30.6k births since 1955
#1452 (81st percentile)
The name Remington is the #1,452 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 30,611 recorded births since 1955. This represents the 81.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 81.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #777 (83.1% percentile) for all time with 21,675 births since 1955. For girls, it ranks #1,714 (70.0% percentile) for all time with 8,936 births since 1988.
Remington first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1955 (1955 for boys and 1988 for girls). Birth data for Remington is available in 44 out of the 69 years between 1955 and 2023 (44 years for boys and 36 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 Remington has been given predominantly to boys, with 70.8% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 61.9% of babies named Remington were boys.
For boys, Remington reached its peak popularity in 2019, achieving the 76.1% percentile (ranked #220) with 862 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 876 births per million (ranked 75.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2004, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Remington ranks #273 for boys (70.1% percentile) with 647 births per million, which is 73.8% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Remington reached its peak popularity in 2021, achieving the 66.5% percentile (ranked #314) with 500 births per million. The name was most common in 2021, with 500 births per million (ranked 66.5% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2004, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Remington ranks #386 for girls (59.3% percentile) with 417 births per million, which is 83.3% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Remington".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Remington. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 74.3% confident that Remington is pronounced as REHM-mihngt-uhn, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is REH-mihng-tuhn, at 17.1% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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