Remi
Top 1000
About Remi
Remi is an adorable name that's fashionable and keeps gaining momentum. Remi entered the US Top 1000 in 2013 and is now approaching the Top 100.
The Remi spelling is more popular for girls, while Remy is more popular for boys, though both spellings are in the Top 1000 for both genders. That's a remarkable success story for a name that, in the late 1900s, was given to only a handful of babies in the US.
As of October 2026, Remi ranked #145 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #118 in 2022, Nameberry popularity #187.
Editor's take: The name Remi is a girl's name of French origin meaning "oarsman".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #658 | 435 | 243.5 |
| 2015 | #502 | 635 | 355.7 |
| 2016 | #296 | 1,102 | 621.9 |
| 2017 | #249 | 1,278 | 740.2 |
| 2018 | #177 | 1,668 | 980.6 |
| 2019 | #154 | 1,861 | 1,108.8 |
| 2020 | #125 | 2,205 | 1,364 |
| 2021 | #122 | 2,298 | 1,400.5 |
| 2022 | #118 | 2,389 | 1,456.6 |
| 2023 | #127 | 2,178 | 1,357.4 |
| 2024 | #145 | 1,987 | 1,226.4 |
| 2025 | #145 | 2,023 | 1,258.7 |
World rankings
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Remi on lists
Famous Remis
- Remington "Remi" Nelson
model
- Remi Hirano
Japanese celebrity chef
- Remi Ryan (b. 2013)
daughter of rugby player Beau Ryan
- Remington Monroe "Remi" Simms (b. 2015)
daughter of reality TV personality Corey Simms ("Teen Mom 2")
- Remi Balfour (b. 2016)
daughter of TV journalist Catriona Shearer and David Balfour
- Remi McKenna Lucas (b. 2016)
daughter of musician Chris Lucas
- Remi Sol Trippy (b. 2019) daughter of Charles and Allie Trippy
YouTube vloggers
Remi in pop culture
- Alice "Remi" Kruger aka Jane Doe
character on TV's Blindspot
- Remi Barberin
main character in anime Remi, Nobody's Girl
- Remi Otogiri
character in video game Power Instinct
- Remi Hoshikawa aka Five Yellow
character on TV's Chikyuu Sentai Fiveman
- Remi Do
character in manghwa series Rebirth