girls:
7.4k births since 1964
#1885 (67th percentile)
boys:
10.9k births since 1914
#1110 (76th percentile)
overall:
18.3k births since 1914
#1898 (75th percentile)
The name Remy is the #1,898 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 18,336 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 75.5% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 75.5% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,110 (75.8% percentile) for all time with 10,888 births since 1914. For girls, it ranks #1,885 (67.0% percentile) for all time with 7,448 births since 1964.
Remy first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1964 for girls). Birth data for Remy is available in 85 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023 (85 years for boys and 55 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 Remy has been given to both genders, with a slight preference for boys (59.4% of all recorded births). In 2023, 64.1% of babies named Remy were boys.
For boys, Remy reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 64.0% percentile (ranked #333) with 492 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 492 births per million (ranked 64.0% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 1987, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Remy ranks #364 for boys (60.1% percentile) with 444 births per million, which is 90.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Remy reached its peak popularity in 2020, achieving the 54.1% percentile (ranked #432) with 348 births per million. The name was most common in 2020, with 348 births per million (ranked 54.1% percentile). Despite a peak around 1981, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for girls. Currently, Remy ranks #533 for girls (43.8% percentile) with 261 births per million, which is 74.8% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Remy".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Remy. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 90.2% confident that Remy 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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