Unisex name ★ peaked 2022

Remi

Gender Unisex · 85% girls Rank 2025 #145 Trend ↑ Rising 11%
Rank 2025
#145
among girls · unchanged vs 2024
Babies in 2025
2,346
named Remi · +2% vs 2024
How common
1 in 794
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2022
2,740 babies
All-time total
27,066
#974 all-time among girls
First recorded
1915
in Social Security records

Remi popularity over time

27,066 babies have been named Remi since 1915, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020GirlsBoys
GirlsBoys

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Boys Total Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – – – –
1890s – – – – – –
1900s – – – – – –
1910s – 23 23 2 – –
1920s – 34 34 3 +48% –
1930s – 5 5 1 -85% –
1940s – 33 33 3 +560% –
1950s – 52 52 5 +58% –
1960s 54 80 134 13 +158% #2,234
1970s 74 81 155 16 +16% #6,320
1980s 108 100 208 21 +34% #5,221
1990s 545 198 743 74 +257% #1,712
2000s 1,043 389 1,432 143 +93% #1,461
2010s 7,960 1,235 9,195 920 +542% #154
2020s (to 2025) 13,097 1,955 15,052 2,509 +173% #118

Where Remi is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 2,071 1.29 #143
2027 2,112 1.31 #138
2028 2,148 1.34 #135
2029 2,179 1.36 #131
2030 2,206 1.37 #130

Where Remi is most popular

Girls named Remi per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 1.34 per 1,000. Strongest in South Dakota, Montana, and Wyoming.

Vs national average
well below below near national above well above no data

All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Remi born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
South Dakota 69 4.83 +260%
Montana 62 4.58 +241%
Wyoming 19 4.46 +232%
Hawaii 50 4.36 +225%
North Dakota 57 4.34 +223%
Utah 336 4.04 +201%
Idaho 126 3.77 +181%
Louisiana 309 3.53 +163%
Nebraska 116 3.23 +140%
West Virginia 77 2.94 +119%
Mississippi 129 2.76 +105%
Kentucky 226 2.64 +97%
Kansas 143 2.48 +85%
Nevada 107 2.30 +72%
Iowa 134 2.29 +71%
Missouri 268 2.22 +66%
Oregon 143 2.20 +64%
Arkansas 115 2.18 +62%
Oklahoma 159 2.16 +61%
Alabama 201 2.14 +59%
Ohio 505 2.13 +59%
Colorado 237 2.12 +58%
Arizona 289 2.06 +53%
New Mexico 50 2.06 +53%
Tennessee 307 1.94 +44%
Minnesota 206 1.91 +42%
New Hampshire 35 1.90 +41%
Indiana 264 1.88 +40%
Pennsylvania 430 1.82 +35%
Washington 261 1.81 +35%
Wisconsin 174 1.69 +26%
Connecticut 97 1.67 +24%
North Carolina 353 1.55 +15%
South Carolina 137 1.52 +14%
Rhode Island 19 1.52 +13%
Georgia 344 1.51 +13%
Maine 23 1.49 +11%
Michigan 267 1.47 +9%
Vermont 7 1.44 +8%
New Jersey 238 1.32 ≈ national
Massachusetts 157 1.30 ≈ national
Illinois 293 1.28 -5%
California 1,049 1.25 -7%
Virginia 208 1.22 -9%
Florida 514 1.20 -11%
Texas 953 1.18 -12%
Maryland 121 1.14 -15%
New York 414 1.05 -22%
Alaska 9 1.05 -22%
Delaware 5 0.441 -67%
District of Columbia 5 0.422 -69%

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Remi

Remi is moderately common for girls in the United States, ranked #145 in 2025 with 2,023 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1915, 27,066 American babies have been named Remi, about 85% girls and 15% boys, making it a genuinely unisex name. Its peak came in 2022, when 2,740 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Remi stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Remi?

The median living Remi is about 5 years old; half are between 2 and 8. An estimated 27 thousand people named Remi are alive in the United States today.

median 5 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Remi year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank Boys Boys rank
2025 2,023 #145 323 #787
2024 1,998 #145 311 #812
2023 2,180 #127 300 #819
2022 2,392 #118 348 #740
2021 2,298 #122 360 #720
2020 2,206 #125 313 #770
2019 1,861 #154 241 #914
2018 1,668 #177 182 #1,089
2017 1,278 #249 190 #1,055
2016 1,102 #296 176 #1,114
2015 635 #502 91 #1,713
2014 435 #659 88 #1,723
2013 315 #837 66 #2,061
2012 242 #1,042 66 #2,088
2011 225 #1,095 70 #1,984
2010 199 #1,219 65 #2,091
2009 160 #1,461 68 #2,046
2008 133 #1,683 57 #2,319
2007 121 #1,778 49 #2,557
2006 120 #1,741 27 #3,755
2005 89 #2,103 39 #2,793
2004 86 #2,112 35 #2,943
2003 87 #2,059 26 #3,504
2002 101 #1,789 23 #3,751
2001 80 #2,091 40 #2,471
2000 66 #2,367 25 #3,403
1995 43 #2,832 22 #3,166
1990 23 #4,346 19 #3,278
1985 9 #7,409 10 #4,276
1980 8 #7,952 7 #5,384
1975 9 #6,320 7 #4,677
1970 6 #7,761 12 #2,853
1965 – – 7 #3,482
1960 – – 12 #2,510
1955 – – 5 #4,279
1950 – – 7 #3,259
1945 – – – –
1940 – – – –
1935 – – – –
1930 – – – –
1925 – – – –
1920 – – 6 #4,183
1915 – – 8 #3,014
1910 – – – –
1905 – – – –
1900 – – – –
1895 – – – –
1890 – – – –
1885 – – – –
1880 – – – –

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Remi, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Remi?

The median living Remi is about 5 years old. Half of all living Remis are between 2 and 8 years old.

How many people named Remi are alive today?

An estimated 27 thousand people named Remi are alive in the United States, based on 27,066 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

How popular is the name Remi in 2025?

Remi ranked #145 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 2,023 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Remi?

27,066 babies have been named Remi in the United States since 1915, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Remi most popular?

Remi peaked in 2022, when 2,740 newborns received the name.

Is Remi a boy or girl name?

Remi is used for both: about 85% of babies named Remi have been girls and 15% boys.

Is the name Remi rising or falling?

Remi is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Remi become more popular?

Remi is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 2,206 girls named Remi in 2030, which would rank around #130. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

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