unisex name
Remington
REM-ing-tun
- Origin English
- Gender Unisex
- Syllables 3
- Letters 9
- Popularity Top 1000 (US)
- Births on record 35,402
the United States
#307
2025 births
Remington is a unisex name of English origin, a place name meaning the settlement by the boundary stream. It became a surname, then a firearms manufacturer and a typewriter brand, and has entered use as a first name largely through that American commercial association.
- Remington is a name of English origin.
- Peaked in 2019, when 2,495 babies were given the name.
- It has been rising over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 1,968 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1955.
- 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.
Remington over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1950s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 |
| 1970s | 5 |
| 1980s | 652 |
| 1990s | 1,942 |
| 2000s | 3,187 |
| 2010s | 15,708 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 12,596 |
What Remington means
Remington describes a settlement, most often read as the farmstead or village on the rim or boundary stream. The final element is the Old English tun, an enclosure or settlement, which ends an enormous number of English place names.
Where Remington comes from
Remington is a habitational name from places in Lancashire and Yorkshire, built from an Old English first element and tun, a settlement. The first element is read either as rima, a rim or border, giving the settlement at the boundary, or as a stream name of the same shape; a third reading connects it to hræfn, a raven. English place-name scholarship allows more than one. The name reached most English speakers not through the villages but through Eliphalet Remington's firearms company, founded in 1816, and later the Remington typewriter, and its use as a first name is an American twentieth-century development.
Remington in use
Remington peaked in 2019 and charts in only three of the seven countries we track, making it one of the more distinctly American names in current use.
How popular is Remington?
In 2025, Remington was given to 1,685 babies in the United States, ranking #307 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
Where Remington is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Remington
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Remington also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Remington over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
3 nicknames for Remington
Each one is a name in its own right — the figure underneath is how it is doing today, so you can see which short forms are rising and which have faded.
Remington in other languages
The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.
- Other forms
- Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
- Remmington
Sibling names for Remington
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Remington — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Remington
What does the name Remington mean?
It means the settlement by the boundary stream, from an Old English place name ending in tun, a settlement.
Is Remington a boy's or a girl's name?
Both, though it is more often given to boys. The short forms Remi and Remy are used across genders.
Is Remington named after the gun company?
Indirectly. The company took the surname of its founder, and most modern first-name use follows the brand's familiarity rather than the English villages.
How popular is the name Remington?
In 2025, Remington was given to 1,685 babies in the United States, ranking #307 that year. It is a well-established, commonly used name.
How many syllables are in Remington?
Remington has 3 syllables.
When was Remington most popular?
Remington peaked in 2019, when 2,495 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.
What are the nicknames for Remington?
Remington is usually shortened to Remi, Remy and Rem.
Is Remington a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Remington currently ranks #307 in the United States. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.