Fun Facts About the Name Remmington
- 705 babies named Remmington: U.S. records list 705 babies given the name Remmington from 1880 through 2025. Even 278 girls received the name Remmington - about 1 girl for every 2 boys.
What Does the Name Remmington Mean?
Remmington is a spelling variant of Remington, a name taken from an English place name. Its core meaning is usually given as "settlement of Rymma's people" or "Rymma's homestead," built from the Old English element tūn, meaning "enclosure, farm, or village," attached to an early personal name. The first element of the place name is not fully settled; it may be a personal name such as Rymma, or it may come from a local stream or landmark whose name was later absorbed into the settlement name. That uncertainty concerns the first element only, not tūn, which is clear.
The doubled m in Remmington does not change the meaning. It is an alternate spelling of the same surname and place name, not a separate name with its own derivation. Because the name descends from a location rather than from a vocabulary word, it has no single literal translation the way a biblical name does; the customary meaning above is a reconstruction from the place name's parts.
Remmington Name History & Origins
The name comes from Remington, a village and parish in North Yorkshire, England. The settlement appears in the Domesday Book of 1086 under a form recorded as Rimintone, which shows the Old English tūn ending already in place. Over the medieval period the spelling shifted through forms such as Remington, and the place gave its name to families who lived there or held land nearby, as was common with English place-based surnames.
As a surname, Remington is recorded in northern England from the Middle Ages onward, and branches of the family later spread to other parts of England and to North America. The given name Remmington is a modern use of that surname, appearing alongside the more common Remington spelling. Surname-derived given names of this kind became widespread in English-speaking countries in the 19th and 20th centuries.
The best-known American association is the firearms and typewriter manufacturer founded by Eliphalet Remington in the early 19th century, which carried the surname into wide public view; the spelling Remmington is not the one used by that company. A separate well-known use is the television series Remington Steele (1982 - 1987), which popularized the surname as a fictional character's name. These are later associations rather than the source of the name.
How Popular is the Name Remmington?
Remmington has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2020. Its best rank was #3,474 in 2020.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,753 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #10,877 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 2023 | #9,473 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 2022 | #7,945 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2021 | #5,527 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2020 | #5,616 | 22 | 0.0014% |
| 2019 | #5,579 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2018 | #5,108 | 26 | 0.0015% |
| 2017 | #4,901 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2016 | #7,159 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2015 | #6,927 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2014 | #6,651 | 19 | 0.0011% |
| 2013 | #10,842 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2012 | #8,129 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2011 | #16,351 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2010 | #13,203 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #16,825 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #17,034 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2007 | #19,865 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #5,788 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2024 | #5,591 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2023 | #4,086 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2022 | #5,384 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2021 | #4,897 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2020 | #3,474 | 32 | 0.0019% |
| 2019 | #3,873 | 28 | 0.0016% |
| 2018 | #4,458 | 23 | 0.0013% |
| 2017 | #4,892 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2016 | #4,172 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2015 | #5,467 | 17 | 0.0009% |
| 2014 | #4,103 | 25 | 0.0013% |
| 2013 | #4,932 | 19 | 0.0010% |
| 2012 | #4,818 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2011 | #4,786 | 20 | 0.0011% |
| 2010 | #8,007 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2009 | #10,721 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2008 | #8,157 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2007 | #12,045 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2006 | #11,737 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2005 | #12,936 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #10,382 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1999 | #11,242 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1996 | #6,379 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1994 | #9,937 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1992 | #6,038 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1991 | #9,302 | 5 | 0.0002% |
| 1989 | #4,472 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1984 | #7,083 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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