Remington
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The story
Remington spent a century as a surname you saw printed on things, typewriters, razors, rifles, and almost never met as a first name: single digits in the 1950s and 1970s, silence most other decades. Then the 1980s recorded about 650 boys, the exact years a television detective called Remington Steele was on the air. A decade bucket cannot prove the show did it, but the timing is precise. Since then the name has compounded: about 1,900 in the 1990s, 3,200 in the 2000s, nearly 16,000 in the 2010s, and 12,600 so far this decade. The newer turn is who gets it. Once almost entirely a boys' name, Remington now goes to roughly one girl for every two boys, and Remi does the everyday work on both sides. The place name behind it all is traditionally read as settlement on the raven's stream.
How popular is Remington around the world?
In the United States, 12,596 babies were named Remington between 2020 and 2025.
Remington is on the official records of the United States, Canada, South Australia, England and Wales and Brazil.
United States
1 in 1,700
In the United States, 12,596 babies were named Remington between 2020 and 2025.
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Remington peaked in the 2010s and the 2020s in nearly equal measure.
Births with a Social Security record. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration
Canada
1 in 4,600
In Canada, 65 boys named Remington were born in 2024, the 468th most common name among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
First given names from provincial and territorial vital statistics across Canada; any name-sex-year under 5 is excluded at source, and small Quebec counts carry a randomized adjustment made at source. Shares divide by Statistics Canada’s count of live births for the year; the 2024 count is preliminary. Source: Statistics Canada, first names at birth (table 17-10-0147-01)
South Australia
1 in 18,0002017
In South Australia, 1 boy was registered as Remington in 2017.
The count never rose above 2 in a year, too few to chart.
Births registered in South Australia (not all of Australia) by first name and year of registration, 1944–2017, from the state’s Births, Deaths and Marriages registry, which publishes every name down to a single birth in capitals; a spelling its export repeats inside a year is counted once, and from 2018 only a top 100 is published, so the series ends at 2017. Source: Consumer and Business Services (South Australia), popular baby names
England and Wales
1 in 65,000
In England and Wales, 9 boys named Remington were born in 2025, ranked 2,440th among boys that year.
share of that year’s name registrations
Birth registrations in England and Wales (not the whole UK); exact spellings are counted separately, and any spelling under 3 in a year is withheld at source. Source: Office for National Statistics, baby names in England and Wales
Brazil
At the 2022 census, 31 people in Brazil were named Remington, ranked 92,291st, with a median age of 35.
People alive and resident in Brazil at the 2022 census, a living-population count, not births; names under 20 are withheld at source. Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
Montevideo City
last on record 1990
Remington is not on the 2011 record for Montevideo, whose registry withholds nothing, so the spelling was not given there that year.
The count never rose above 1 in a year, too few to chart.
Births in the department of Montevideo (not all of Uruguay) by first name and year of birth, 1940–2011, from the city’s civil registry, which writes names in capitals, almost always without accents; counted as spelling groups (accent and punctuation variants merged), nothing is withheld at source, and 2012 is excluded as a partial year. Source: Servicio de Registro Civil, Intendencia de Montevideo, Partidas de Registro Civil de Montevideo (Licencia de Datos Abiertos - Uruguay); 2012 dropped as partial
Not on the record in Spain, Mexico City, Argentina, Puerto Rico, Ireland, New Zealand, Scotland and Poland: those registries withhold small counts, so rare uses may sit below their floors.
Not on the Chile record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 5 registrations in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the France record: nametree keeps spellings that reached 20 births in some year, so rarer uses are not shown. Not on the Austria record for 1984 to 2025: Statistik Austria publishes every first name down to a single birth, so this name was not given there in those years (before 2010 the record covers babies with Austrian citizenship only). Not on Norway’s list: Statistics Norway lists only first names carried by 200 or more living people, so rarer names are not shown.
When you meet Remington
Most people given the name Remington in the United States are children or teenagers today. The name belongs to this generation.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
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The Remington deep dive
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