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Remy

Pronounced R EH1 M IY0 (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 2022
  • 111 years in use
  • 2 spellings
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How popular is Remy?

Remy is a boys' name, and first appears in 1914. It has been given to 16,174 children — the 845th most common boys' name on record.

It is climbing hard: about four times as many births in the past decade as in the one before it. Its best single year was 2022, when 1,316 children were given it.

Two other spellings are counted in that total — Remi and Remmy — because they are pronounced identically.

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20221,316

Spelling variants

These spellings sound identical to Remy and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.

  • Remi
  • 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 Remy

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Remy

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Remy?
Remy ranks 845th among boys' names in US records, with 16,174 births since 1914. Over the past decade it accounts for 10,688.
Is Remy a unisex name?
No. Remy is recorded almost entirely as a boys' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Remy most popular?
2022, when 1,316 children were given the name. It has been in use for 111 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
How else is Remy spelled?
Remi, Remmy. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.