Remedios

Girls' name

Remedies

Remedios has been given to 104 babies in the U.S. since 1923. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1928, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Remedios, 2023

1 in 663,000

Remedios over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Remedios: meaning, origin, and history

Remedies

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Remedios means

Remedios means “remedies”, associated with remedios.

Origin, language, and formation

Remedios is used in Spanish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include María.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Remedios is pronounced /reˈmedjos/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 104 girls were recorded with the name Remedios between 1923 and 2023. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1928; its best national rank was #2,736 in 1928.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Remedios?

Remedios had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2023, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2023: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,314,783 births
Among girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2023: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 459,528 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Remedios sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2023 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 459,528 children born in 2023 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Remedios. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Remedioss were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Remedios was born before 1942 — so the typical Remedios is around 83 today.

Median birth year: 1942; About 83 years old
Biggest decade: 1920s; 35.6% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 25.0%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 43; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1920s — 35.6% of all recorded uses (37).

Is Remedios rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1928 (12)
Years since peak: 97; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 28.0% average annual change
Best rank ever: #2,736; 1928

Remedios around the world

Where Remedios ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
1921–2022
#7,786
in 2022
South Australia
1966–1980
#634
in 1980

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Remedios by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #2,736; 1928
Peak year: 1928; 12 that year
First recorded: 1923
Last recorded: 2023
All-time count: 104
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Remedios

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Remilynn Reminisce Remiyah Remingtyn Remiah Remilyn Remedi Remonica Remiel Remmie Remee Remmington Remii Remeigh Remas Remini Remell Remmy Remonia Remani Remedy Remyngton Remmi Remonda

Sibling names for Remedios

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Edward Paul Charline Ardis Germaine Darline Marvel Leatrice

For a brother

Frances Jules Bud Normand Laverne Jewel Carrol Napoleon

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