Remus is a rare boys' name that peaked in 2019 and has grown less common since.
Remus is a boy name. In 2025 it ranked #5,789 for boy births in the United States (and #12,209 across all names), given to 16 babies. Remus first appears in 1889 and peaked in 2019 (28 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | 16 | #5,789 |
| 2024 | 8 | 8 | #9,675 |
| 2023 | 21 | 21 | #4,851 |
| 2022 | 27 | 27 | #4,069 |
| 2021 | 16 | 16 | #5,729 |
| 2020 | 20 | 20 | #4,826 |
| 2019 | 28 | 28 | #3,875 |
| 2018 | 23 | 23 | #4,461 |
| 2017 | 27 | 27 | #3,957 |
| 2016 | 19 | 19 | #5,092 |
| 2015 | 9 | 9 | #8,575 |
| 2014 | 5 | 5 | #13,615 |
| 2013 | 5 | 5 | #13,642 |
| 2012 | 10 | 10 | #8,007 |
| 2011 | 11 | 11 | #7,393 |
| 2010 | 10 | 10 | #8,008 |
| 2004 | 5 | 5 | #12,811 |
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | #12,346 |
| 2002 | 7 | 7 | #9,170 |
| 2001 | 6 | 6 | #10,269 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | #10,474 |
| 1991 | 5 | — | #9,304 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | #9,202 |
| 1989 | 13 | — | #4,223 |
| 1987 | 7 | — | #5,960 |
| 1986 | 13 | — | #3,611 |
| 1985 | 13 | — | #3,557 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | #6,158 |
| 1983 | 11 | — | #3,818 |
| 1982 | 6 | — | #6,227 |
| 1981 | 8 | — | #4,861 |
| 1980 | 16 | — | #2,930 |
| 1978 | 10 | — | #3,793 |
| 1977 | 15 | — | #2,878 |
| 1976 | 13 | — | #3,056 |
| 1975 | 12 | — | #3,200 |
| 1974 | 6 | — | #5,104 |
| 1973 | 9 | — | #3,632 |
| 1972 | 8 | — | #3,887 |
| 1971 | 7 | — | #4,290 |
| 1970 | 8 | — | #3,759 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | #3,262 |
| 1967 | 6 | — | #3,885 |
| 1965 | 6 | — | #3,843 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | #4,501 |
| 1962 | 5 | — | #4,508 |
| 1961 | 5 | — | #4,532 |
| 1960 | 6 | — | #3,974 |
| 1959 | 9 | — | #2,993 |
| 1957 | 7 | — | #3,493 |
| 1956 | 11 | — | #2,609 |
| 1955 | 9 | — | #2,927 |
| 1954 | 5 | — | #4,257 |
| 1953 | 5 | — | #4,240 |
| 1952 | 5 | — | #4,149 |
| 1951 | 7 | — | #3,297 |
| 1950 | 12 | — | #2,300 |
| 1949 | 7 | — | #3,242 |
| 1947 | 6 | — | #3,665 |
| 1945 | 9 | — | #2,541 |
| 1943 | 5 | — | #3,941 |
| 1942 | 6 | — | #3,498 |
| 1941 | 8 | — | #2,836 |
| 1940 | 14 | — | #1,969 |
| 1939 | 8 | — | #2,777 |
| 1938 | 8 | — | #2,818 |
| 1937 | 13 | — | #2,069 |
| 1936 | 10 | — | #2,418 |
| 1935 | 9 | — | #2,676 |
| 1934 | 11 | — | #2,367 |
| 1933 | 12 | — | #2,190 |
| 1932 | 9 | — | #2,803 |
| 1931 | 8 | — | #3,047 |
| 1930 | 10 | — | #2,749 |
| 1929 | 9 | — | #2,927 |
| 1928 | 14 | — | #2,245 |
| 1927 | 8 | — | #3,388 |
| 1926 | 12 | — | #2,534 |
| 1925 | 12 | — | #2,557 |
| 1924 | 12 | — | #2,595 |
| 1923 | 7 | — | #3,749 |
| 1922 | 18 | — | #1,942 |
| 1921 | 12 | — | #2,603 |
| 1920 | 16 | — | #2,113 |
| 1919 | 10 | — | #2,829 |
| 1918 | 13 | — | #2,369 |
| 1917 | 9 | — | #2,905 |
| 1916 | 5 | — | #4,386 |
| 1915 | 18 | — | #1,701 |
| 1914 | 6 | — | #3,192 |
| 1912 | 8 | — | #2,021 |
| 1911 | 7 | — | #1,508 |
| 1910 | 6 | — | #1,551 |
| 1902 | 5 | — | #1,278 |
| 1896 | 5 | — | #1,230 |
| 1889 | 5 | — | #1,084 |