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Remus

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Remus is a boys' name of Latin origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,511th for boys in the UK (9 babies) and 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).

What does Remus mean?

Latin

A male given name from Latin, rare in English.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Is Remus a girl's or a boy's name?

Remus is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the UK and 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Remus in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#2,511among boys
Babies in 2025
9about 1 in 33,000 boys
Five-year trend
Steadydown 21% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 9 boys in the UK were named Remus, making it the 2,511th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,819th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 15 boys.

Half of all the boys named Remus in the UK since 1996 were born between 2016 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.

Among boys in 2025, it was 2,436th in England and Wales.

2005Busiest: 15 in 20212025
Remus in the UK, year by year
YearBoysRank
20259#2,511
20246#3,335
20237#2,965
202215#1,708
202115#1,686
20207#2,819
20197#2,878
201814#1,803
201713#1,922
20168#2,690
20159#2,425
20141#6,179
20130–
20124#4,147
20110–
20100–
20090–
20083#4,615
20075#3,231
20060–
20057#2,292

How popular is Remus in the US?

Rank in 2025
#5,606among boys
Babies in 2025
16about 1 in 110,000 boys
Five-year trend
Fallingdown 37% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Remus, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2019, with 28 boys. It first appears in the records in 1889.

Half of all the boys named Remus in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.

1889Busiest: 28 in 20192025
Remus in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202516#5,606
20248#8,982
202321#4,738
202227#3,992
202116#5,557
202020#4,694
201928#3,791
201823#4,350
201727#3,885
201619#4,941
20159#8,035
20145#12,102
20135#12,129
201210#7,553
201111#7,002
201010#7,585
20090–
20080–
20070–
20060–
20050–
20045#11,348
20035#10,886
20027#8,449
20016#9,236
20000–
19990–
19980–
19975#9,259
19960–
19950–
19940–
19930–
19920–
19915#8,228
19905#8,108
198913#4,011
19880–
19877#5,453
198613#3,437
198513#3,398
19846#5,557
198311#3,629
19826#5,617
19818#4,507
198016#2,830
19790–
197810#3,613
197715#2,790
197613#2,945
197512#3,076
19746#4,632
19739#3,443
19728#3,620
19717#3,961
19708#3,519
19699#3,061
19680–
19676#3,557
19660–
19656#3,535
19640–
19635#4,047
19625#4,031
19615#4,063
19606#3,663
19599#2,820
19580–
19577#3,255
195611#2,495
19559#2,763
19545#3,825
19535#3,796
19525#3,731
19517#3,064
195012#2,206
19497#3,018
19480–
19476#3,369
19460–
19459#2,392
19440–
19435#3,536
19426#3,211
19418#2,655
194014#1,894
19398#2,609
19388#2,646
193713#1,992
193610#2,301
19359#2,529
193411#2,266
193312#2,093
19329#2,638
19318#2,863
193010#2,607
19299#2,764
192814#2,162
19278#3,150
192612#2,435
192512#2,434
192412#2,473
19237#3,465
192218#1,883
192112#2,501
192016#2,051
191910#2,664
191813#2,259
19179#2,731
19165#3,896
191518#1,659
19146#2,914
19130–
19128#1,884
19117#1,386
19106#1,420
19090–
19080–
19070–
19060–
19050–
19040–
19030–
19025#1,136
19010–
19000–
18990–
18980–
18970–
18965#1,100
18950–
18940–
18930–
18920–
18910–
18900–
18895#973

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