Name profile

Remington

A name meaning "settlement on the Riming stream".

Usage languagesEnglish
US rank (2025)#307

Meaning and history

From an English surname derived from the town name Rimington in Lancashire, meaning “settlement on the Riming stream,” Remington may also have been given in honor of the American manufacturer Eliphalet Remington (1793–1861) or his sons, who founded the firearms company that bears their name.

Popularity over timeUS births · boys
20062006: 265 births, rank #782
2007: 272 births, rank #793
2008: 320 births, rank #721
2009: 453 births, rank #582
2010: 468 births, rank #541
20112011: 555 births, rank #477
2012: 669 births, rank #421
2013: 874 births, rank #360
2014: 1,114 births, rank #313
2015: 1,208 births, rank #298
20162016: 1,418 births, rank #254
2017: 1,512 births, rank #247
2018: 1,541 births, rank #245
2019: 1,658 births, rank #227
2020: 1,624 births, rank #230
20212021: 1,595 births, rank #231
2022: 1,456 births, rank #242
2023: 1,193 births, rank #282
2024: 1,172 births, rank #287
20252025: 1,105 births, rank #307

Remington moved from #287 to #307 for boys between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2019, with 1,658 births.