Remy

What Remy means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Remy yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #112 vs #408 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Remy?

US: Rising: up from #520 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #334 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2022, when 924 boys got the name (#356 that year). First in the US records in 1914.

How common

• About 1 in 2,187 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 571 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 786 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in DC (2.37 per 1,000 boys), WA (1.16 per 1,000 boys), NH (1.11 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Remy is #408 in the US and #112 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 66.7% of US babies named Remy were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Remi323 US · 274 E&W
• Rami195 US · 44 E&W
• Rumi81 US · 37 E&W
• Ramy52 US · 10 E&W
• Romi25 US · 27 E&W
• Remmy43 US
• Romy11 US · 25 E&W
• Romey5 US · 29 E&W

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

Spelling variants on Wiktionary

• Remee
• Remeigh
• Remey
• Remi
• Remie

Listed as alternative forms on Wiktionary.

If you like Remy

Boys

• Maverick#49Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #184 in 2015, #49 in 2025
• August#81“month of August”^*
• Arlo#148Editor’s note More popular in England & Wales than the US: #15 vs #148 in 2025
• Ezra#20Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #93 in 2015, #20 in 2025. Short and simple: 4 letters
• Jasper#129Editor’s note Up from #214 in 2015 to #129 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 610 US boys in the 2025 records
• Hayes#162“brushwood”^*

For a sister

• Ember#154Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #366 in 2015, #154 in 2025
• Nova#46“new”^*
• Raelynn#116Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #116 vs #2,440 in 2025
• Eleanor#12possibly “other”^*
• Ariella#174Form of Ariel, meaning “lion of God”^*
• Freya#176“mistress, lady”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Remy’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.