Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Remus

#4,946 most common boys' name of all time · #12,220 across all names · 100% male / 0% female · used 1889–2025

Rank among boys
#4,946
Rank overall
#12,220 of 105,966
First appeared
1889
Years on the list
96 of 146
All-time
956
Since 2016
205
Peak year
2019 #3,802
Best rank
#1,109 1889
Girls Boys peak 28/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Remus first appears in 1889. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 16 16 #5,621
2024 — 8 8 #9,028
2023 — 21 21 #4,743
2022 — 27 27 #3,999
2021 — 16 16 #5,580
2020 — 20 20 #4,707
2019 — 28 28 #3,802
2018 — 23 23 #4,365
2017 — 27 27 #3,892
2016 — 19 19 #4,949
2015 — 9 9 #8,080
2014 — 5 5 #12,171
2013 — 5 5 #12,192
2012 — 10 10 #7,584
2011 — 11 11 #7,025
2010 — 10 10 #7,614
2004 — 5 5 #11,411
2003 — 5 5 #10,966
2002 — 7 7 #8,506
2001 — 6 6 #9,300
1997 — 5 5 #9,316
1991 — 5 5 #8,327
1990 — 5 5 #8,210
1989 — 13 13 #4,048
1987 — 7 7 #5,516
1986 — 13 13 #3,469
1985 — 13 13 #3,431
1984 — 6 6 #5,629
1983 — 11 11 #3,665
1982 — 6 6 #5,684
1981 — 8 8 #4,557
1980 — 16 16 #2,856
1978 — 10 10 #3,645
1977 — 15 15 #2,808
1976 — 13 13 #2,968
1975 — 12 12 #3,102
1974 — 6 6 #4,693
1973 — 9 9 #3,477
1972 — 8 8 #3,679
1971 — 7 7 #4,039
1970 — 8 8 #3,573
1969 — 9 9 #3,113
1967 — 6 6 #3,629
1965 — 6 6 #3,592
1963 — 5 5 #4,130
1962 — 5 5 #4,130
1961 — 5 5 #4,155
1960 — 6 6 #3,724
1959 — 9 9 #2,872
1957 — 7 7 #3,306
1956 — 11 11 #2,538
1955 — 9 9 #2,809
1954 — 5 5 #3,907
1953 — 5 5 #3,880
1952 — 5 5 #3,811
1951 — 7 7 #3,128
1950 — 12 12 #2,243
1949 — 7 7 #3,069
1947 — 6 6 #3,440
1945 — 9 9 #2,440
1943 — 5 5 #3,617
1942 — 6 6 #3,281
1941 — 8 8 #2,726
1940 — 14 14 #1,929
1939 — 8 8 #2,660
1938 — 8 8 #2,704
1937 — 13 13 #2,029
1936 — 10 10 #2,352
1935 — 9 9 #2,586
1934 — 11 11 #2,301
1933 — 12 12 #2,136
1932 — 9 9 #2,696
1931 — 8 8 #2,926
1930 — 10 10 #2,657
1929 — 9 9 #2,826
1928 — 14 14 #2,202
1927 — 8 8 #3,215
1926 — 12 12 #2,474
1925 — 12 12 #2,476
1924 — 12 12 #2,520
1923 — 7 7 #3,522
1922 — 18 18 #1,910
1921 — 12 12 #2,536
1920 — 16 16 #2,090
1919 — 10 10 #2,711
1918 — 13 13 #2,303
1917 — 9 9 #2,778
1916 — 5 5 #3,981
1915 — 18 18 #1,679
1914 — 6 6 #2,989
1912 — 8 8 #1,946
1911 — 7 7 #1,485
1910 — 6 6 #1,513
1902 — 5 5 #1,265
1896 — 5 5 #1,235
1889 — 5 5 #1,109