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Remmington vs Remona

American parents have registered 1,393 Remonas since 1880, against 705 Remmingtons. But in 2025 it was Remmington that was commoner, 28 babies to fewer than five.

Babies given each name, 1880–2025

Births per year: Remmington against Remona, 1880 to 2025 0 15 30 45 60 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020

Remmington Remona

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 91 years in which either name was published, Remona for 64 years and Remmington for 27 years. The lead changed hands 3 times.

Side by side

  Remmington Remona
Total US births 7051,393
Most in one year 5442
Babies in 2025 28under 5
Estimated living today 700940
Median age today 864
Peak year 20201965
Best rank 3,418th boys1,741st girls
Rank in 2025 5,608thunranked
First recorded 19841914
Girls / boys 278 / 4271,393 / 0

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 Remonas alive today are over 64; half the Remmingtons are over 8. That is 56 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 Remona.