Remus
#5,608 for boys in 2025, 16 births
- Peak · boys
- 1889 · 5 births
- Debut · boys
- 5 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 956since 1889
Remus over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Remus has never cracked the top 900 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,608 | 16 |
| 2024 | #8,987 | 8 |
| 2023 | #4,742 | 21 |
| 2022 | #3,995 | 27 |
| 2021 | #5,562 | 16 |
| 2020 | #4,698 | 20 |
| 2019 | #3,794 | 28 |
| 2018 | #4,354 | 23 |
| 2017 | #3,889 | 27 |
| 2016 | #4,943 | 19 |
| 2015 | #8,040 | 9 |
| 2014 | #12,108 | 5 |
| 2013 | #12,136 | 5 |
| 2012 | #7,559 | 10 |
| 2011 | #7,009 | 11 |
| 2010 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | — | |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | #11,356 | 5 |
| 2003 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #8,456 | 7 |
| 2001 | #9,243 | 6 |
| 2000 | — | |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,265 | 5 |
| 1996 | — | |
| 1995 | — | |
| 1994 | — | |
| 1993 | — | |
| 1992 | — | |
| 1991 | #8,236 | 5 |
| 1990 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #4,017 | 13 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | #5,459 | 7 |
| 1986 | #3,440 | 13 |
| 1985 | #3,401 | 13 |
| 1984 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #3,630 | 11 |
| 1982 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #4,509 | 8 |
| 1980 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1979 | — | |
| 1978 | #3,614 | 10 |
| 1977 | #2,791 | 15 |
| 1976 | #2,946 | 13 |
| 1975 | #3,078 | 12 |
| 1974 | #4,634 | 6 |
| 1973 | #3,445 | 9 |
| 1972 | #3,622 | 8 |
| 1971 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1970 | #3,521 | 8 |
| 1969 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | — | |
| 1967 | #3,559 | 6 |
| 1966 | — | |
| 1965 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1964 | — | |
| 1963 | #4,048 | 5 |
| 1962 | #4,033 | 5 |
| 1961 | #4,065 | 5 |
| 1960 | #3,665 | 6 |
| 1959 | #2,821 | 9 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #2,497 | 11 |
| 1955 | #2,764 | 9 |
| 1954 | #3,827 | 5 |
| 1953 | #3,798 | 5 |
| 1952 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1949 | #3,019 | 7 |
| 1948 | — | |
| 1947 | #3,370 | 6 |
| 1946 | — | |
| 1945 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | — | |
| 1943 | #3,538 | 5 |
| 1942 | #3,212 | 6 |
| 1941 | #2,656 | 8 |
| 1940 | #1,894 | 14 |
| 1939 | #2,609 | 8 |
| 1938 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #1,992 | 13 |
| 1936 | #2,301 | 10 |
| 1935 | #2,529 | 9 |
| 1934 | #2,266 | 11 |
| 1933 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #2,638 | 9 |
| 1931 | #2,864 | 8 |
| 1930 | #2,609 | 10 |
| 1929 | #2,766 | 9 |
| 1928 | #2,162 | 14 |
| 1927 | #3,151 | 8 |
| 1926 | #2,436 | 12 |
| 1925 | #2,435 | 12 |
| 1924 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | #3,467 | 7 |
| 1922 | #1,883 | 18 |
| 1921 | #2,502 | 12 |
| 1920 | #2,052 | 16 |
| 1919 | #2,665 | 10 |
| 1918 | #2,260 | 13 |
| 1917 | #2,732 | 9 |
| 1916 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #1,660 | 18 |
| 1914 | #2,915 | 6 |
| 1913 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,885 | 8 |
| 1911 | #1,387 | 7 |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 6 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | — | |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,137 | 5 |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | — | |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,101 | 5 |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #974 | 5 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
First appearance
1889
The first year at least five boys were named Remus! It came in at #974, and was given to 5 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1909, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
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Momentum · boys
Holding steady
- 3,379 spots since 2024 (#8,987 → #5,608)
- 910 spots since 2020 (#4,698 → #5,608)
- 2,432 spots since 2015 (#8,040 → #5,608)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1889 at #974 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1889
Share of babies · boys
1 in 22,116
- Highest: 1 in 22,116 boys born in 1889 were named Remus (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 106,755 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
- 15.4% of all boys named Remus (147) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #974 (1889) | #974 |
| 1890s | 5 | #1,101 (1896) | #1,101 |
| 1900s | 5 | #1,137 (1902) | #1,137 |
| 1910s | 82 | #1,387 (1911) | #2,314 |
| 1920s | 120 | #1,883 (1922) | #2,533 |
| 1930s | 98 | #1,992 (1937) | #2,455 |
| 1940s | 55 | #1,894 (1940) | #2,869 |
| 1950s | 70 | #2,207 (1950) | #3,108 |
| 1960s | 42 | #3,062 (1969) | #3,710 |
| 1970s | 88 | #2,791 (1977) | #3,513 |
| 1980s | 93 | #2,831 (1980) | #4,274 |
| 1990s | 15 | #8,117 (1990) | #8,539 |
| 2000s | 23 | #8,456 (2002) | #9,987 |
| 2010s | 147 | #3,794 (2019) | #7,142 |
| 2020s | 108 | #3,995 (2022) | #5,599 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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