Remy
Top 1000
About Remy
Remy is one of the hottest names today for both boys and girls, sometimes spelled Remi. . It entered the popularity list in 2009 and has quickly become one of the fastest-rising names on the list.
Remy came into the spotlight via the 2007 Disney film Ratatouille, starring an ambitious chef named Remy—who happened to be a rat. The name has also been borne by a variety of human characters in The Da Vinci Code, House, New Girl, and The Fairly Oddparents.
The name of a fifth century saint and one of a new generation of French names being discovered in the US, Remy is one of those ancient names that sounds particularly modern and attractive.
Remy de Gourmont was a French Symbolist poet, and Remy Charlip is a children's book author and illustrator.
Pronounced REM-ee.
As of October 2026, Remy ranked #408 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #356 in 2020, Nameberry popularity #197.
Editor's take: The name Remy is a boy's name of French, Latin origin meaning "oarsman".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #622 | 425 | 221.3 |
| 2015 | #521 | 554 | 289 |
| 2016 | #471 | 649 | 342 |
| 2017 | #452 | 680 | 367.4 |
| 2018 | #426 | 721 | 397 |
| 2019 | #416 | 743 | 414.1 |
| 2020 | #356 | 872 | 505.2 |
| 2021 | #360 | 904 | 516.7 |
| 2022 | #356 | 923 | 528.6 |
| 2023 | #390 | 816 | 477 |
| 2024 | #400 | 801 | 464.9 |
| 2025 | #408 | 781 | 457.2 |
World rankings
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Remy on lists
Famous Remys
- Saint Remy aka Remigius
Bishop of Tours
- Remy Thorne
American actor
- Remy Hii
Australian actor
- Rémy Vincent Andrianjanaka
Malagasy politician
- Remy Belleau
French renaissance poet
- Rémy Belvaux
Belgian actor
- Remy Bonjasky
Surninam,born Dutch professional K,1 kickboxer
- Rémy Cabella
French footballer
- Rémy Card
French Linux software developer
- Rémi Casty
French rugby league footballer
- Rémy Ceillier
French Benedictine monk and historian
- Remy Charlip
American children's book author and illustrator
- Rémy Couvez
French musician who plays the hurdy,gurdy
- Remy de Gourmont
French writer
- Rémy Désilets
Canadian politician
- Rémy Di Gregorio
French professional cyclist
- Rémy Girard
Québécois actor
- Remy Hamilton
American NFL football kicker
- Remy Hermoso
Venezuelan baseball player
- Remy Keo
Cambodian politician
- Rémy Julienne
French stunt performer
- Rémy Maertens
Belgian tug of war competitor
- Rémy Martin
French rugby union flanker
- Remy Munasifi
American stand,up comedian, parody musician and video artist
- Rémy Noë
English painter of French,Dutch descent
- Remy Ong
Singaporean bowling champion
- Rémy Pflimlin
French media executive
- Rémy Pointereau
French politician
- Remy Presas
Filipino martial artist
- Remy P. Presas
American martial artist
- Rémy Raffalli
French World War II soldier
- Rémy Riou
French footballer
- Remy Shand
Canadian R&B/Soul artist
- Rémy Trudel
Québécois politician
- Rémy Vercoutre
Soccer goalkeeper
- Remy Wellen
German ice hockey forward
- Achille Rémy Percheron
French entomologist
- Jean Rémy Ayouné
former foreign minister of Gabon
- Jean
Rémy Bessieux, French missionary and bishop
- Jean
Rémy Moët, French wine merchant of Moët et Chandon
- Loic Remy
French International Footballer
- Jerry Remy
American baseball announcer and former player
Remy in pop culture
- Remy
rat and main character in Pixar's Ratatouille
- Remy Etienne Lebeau aka Gambit
character in Marvel's X,Men series
- Remy Delatour
character on TV's Devious Maids
- Remy Danton
character on TV's House of Cards
- Remy Baudouin
character in The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
- Remy Buxaplenty
character in animated series The Fairly OddParents
- Rémy Legaludec
character in The Da Vinci Code
- Remy Marathe
character in David Foster Wallace's Infinite Jest
- Remy McSwain
character in movie "The Big Easy"
- Remy
character in video game StreetFighter
- Remy
secretary of Lord Julian on TV's "Reign"
- Remy
Landlord on TV's New Girl
- Remy
Thomas Sanders personality for "sleep"
- Chris "Remy" Rembrandt a.k.a. Springheel
character in the "Commitment" campaign of the podcast "The Adventure Zone"