Remi
Pronounced R EH1 M IY0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 2022
- 62 years in use
- 2 spellings
How popular is Remi?
Remi is a girls' name, and first appears in 1963. It has been given to 28,999 children — the 742nd most common girls' name on record.
It is climbing hard: about six times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2022, when 2,909 children were given it.
Two other spellings are counted in that total — Remy and Remmy — because they are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Remi and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Remy
- Remmy
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- R EH1 M IY0
- Stress pattern:
- 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Remi
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Remi
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Remi?
- Remi ranks 742nd among girls' names in US records, with 28,999 births since 1963. Over the past decade it accounts for 22,753.
- Is Remi a unisex name?
- No. Remi is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Remi most popular?
- 2022, when 2,909 children were given the name. It has been in use for 62 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Remi spelled?
- Remy, Remmy. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.