Remmington vs Remo
American parents have registered 1,013 Remos since 1880, against 705 Remmingtons. But in 2025 it was Remmington that was commoner, 28 babies to 5.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Remmington Remo
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 97 years in which either name was published, Remo for 71 years and Remmington for 26 years. The lead changed hands 9 times.
- 1913–1979 Remo ahead
- 1984 Remmington ahead
- 1985–1989 Remo ahead
- 1991–1996 Remmington ahead
- 1997–2001 Remo ahead
- 2002 Remmington ahead
- 2003 Remo ahead
- 2005 Remmington ahead
- 2006 Remo ahead
- 2007–2025 Remmington ahead
Side by side
| Remmington | Remo | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 705 | 1,013 |
| Most in one year | 54 | 32 |
| Babies in 2025 | 28 | 5 |
| Estimated living today | 700 | 440 |
| Median age today | 8 | 49 |
| Peak year | 2020 | 1932 |
| Best rank | 3,418th boys | 1,198th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | 5,608th | 12,008th |
| First recorded | 1984 | 1913 |
| Girls / boys | 278 / 427 | 0 / 1,013 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Remos alive today are over 49; half the Remmingtons are over 8. That is 41 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Remmington and Remo.