Remi
The Remi were a Belgic tribe dwelling in the Aisne, Vesle and Suippe river valleys during the Iron Age and the Roman period. Their territory roughly corresponded the modern Marne and Ardennes and parts of the Aisne and Meuse departments.
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Meaning & Origin of Remi
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
The Remi were a Belgic tribe dwelling in the Aisne, Vesle and Suippe river valleys during the Iron Age and the Roman period. Their territory roughly corresponded the modern Marne and Ardennes and parts of the Aisne and Meuse departments.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
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The Story of Remi
As a girl name
Remi first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a girl name in 1963, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2022: 2,389 births, good for #118 nationwide. About 61% of every Remi on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Remi ranks #149 for girls with 2,028 births, gradually rising (+14%). All told, over 25K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1960s to the 2020s.
As a boy name
American parents first put Remi on the record books as a boy name in 1915, with 8 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2021, when 360 Remis were born — ranking #718 that year. About 50% of every Remi on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Remi ranks #821 for boys with 307 births, rising sharply (+22% over the past five years). All told, over 4K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
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About the name Remi
Remi is a unisex baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1963 and has accumulated 25K births in the dataset. Remi's peak popularity came in 2022 when it ranked #118. Use the chart and map above to compare Remi's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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