# Remington (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/remington/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys and girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | “edge”, “border”, “settlement by the boundary stream” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈɹɛmɪŋtən/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 34,095 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 23,977 / 10,118 (30% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 82, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

The surname is from Rimington, from Old English rima (“edge, border”) + -ing + -tun (literally “settlement by the boundary stream”).

## What it means

Remington is grouped under water.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 123 | 1,707 |
| 2012 | 161 | 1,422 |
| 2013 | 242 | 1,032 |
| 2014 | 413 | 687 |
| 2015 | 462 | 623 |
| 2016 | 704 | 456 |
| 2017 | 759 | 419 |
| 2018 | 869 | 362 |
| 2019 | 837 | 375 |
| 2020 | 860 | 361 |
| 2021 | 897 | 347 |
| 2022 | 786 | 399 |
| 2023 | 732 | 418 |
| 2024 | 596 | 517 |
| 2025 | 580 | 513 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 555 | 478 |
| 2012 | 669 | 421 |
| 2013 | 874 | 360 |
| 2014 | 1,114 | 313 |
| 2015 | 1,208 | 298 |
| 2016 | 1,418 | 254 |
| 2017 | 1,512 | 247 |
| 2018 | 1,541 | 245 |
| 2019 | 1,658 | 227 |
| 2020 | 1,624 | 230 |
| 2021 | 1,595 | 231 |
| 2022 | 1,456 | 242 |
| 2023 | 1,193 | 283 |
| 2024 | 1,172 | 287 |
| 2025 | 1,105 | 307 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | 5,730 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,891 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 4 | 3,822 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2017 | 9 | 2,324 |
| 2018 | 3 | 4,749 |
| 2020 | 4 | 3,848 |
| 2021 | 16 | 1,516 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,320 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,007 |
| 2024 | 8 | 2,671 |
| 2025 | 9 | 2,440 |

## People named Remington

- Remington Kellogg, American zoologist (1892–1969)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.