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Reno

#4,504 in 2025Boys' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Reno has been given to 4,182 babies in the U.S. since 1886. In 2025 it ranked #4,504 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1996, with 122 recorded.

Babies named Reno, 2025

1 in 144,000

Reno over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Reno: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Reno means

Reno is a given name.

The naming story behind Reno

Wikidata records Reno as a male given name, unisex given name. The entity identifier is Q30670003, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 4,160 boys were recorded with the name Reno between 1886 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 122 in 1996; its best national rank was #829 in 1926.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #4,511 in 2020 to #4,504 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #4,374 in 2015 to #4,504 in 2025.

In the United States, 22 girls were recorded with the name Reno between 1921 and 1995. Its highest annual count was 7 in 1994; its best national rank was #5,712 in 1921.

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.

How common is Reno?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 144,000
23 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 74,300
<0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#4,504
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
99,910 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Reno sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 99,910 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Reno. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Renos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Reno was born before 1973 — so the typical Reno is around 52 today.

Median birth year
1973
About 52 years old
Biggest decade
1990s
19.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
17.5%
Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950
2,828
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Choose a decade

1990s — 19.3% of all recorded uses (803).

Is Reno 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
−1,129
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+7
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−130
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
1.00×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
18.9%
Peak was 1996 (122)
Years since peak
29
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
27.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#829
1926

Spellings of Reno

Reno is not the most common spelling — Leo is, with 21.2% against Reno's 0.34%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Reno is used

Across 1910–2025, Reno was most concentrated in Maine — about 1 in 25,000 boys, against 1 in 94,913 across all states with data. It was least common in Washington (1 in —).

04 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Maine1 in 25,000
  2. 2Hawaii1 in 33,333
  3. 3California1 in 50,000
  4. 4Arizona1 in 100,000
  5. 5Connecticut1 in 100,000
  6. 6Florida1 in 100,000
  7. 7Illinois1 in 100,000
  8. 8Michigan1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Reno has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Reno around the world

Where Reno 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.

  • England & Wales
    1998–2025
    #4,275
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2005–2005
    #446
    in 2005
  • France
    1932–2013
    #6,509
    in 2013
  • Canada
    1991–2024
    #3,231
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    1950–2013
    #754
    in 2013

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Notable people named Reno

People whose public names include Reno, backed by Wikidata given-name records and ordered by linked Wikimedia pages. The name may be a middle name.

People data from Wikidata (CC0). Fame is measured, not judged — the order reflects how widely each person is documented, not the U.S. birth records popularity this page is otherwise about.

Reno in other languages

Cross-language forms and variants of Reno. Linked forms have their own page here.

MorenoRenaud

Variant forms from Wikidata (CC0). Most are used mainly outside the United States; U.S. birth records statistics cover US usage only.

Reno by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#4,504
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 7
Best rank ever
#829
1926
Peak year
1996
122 that year
First recorded
1886
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
4,160
Count in 2025
23

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#5,712
1921
Peak year
1994
7 that year
First recorded
1921
Last recorded
1995
All-time count
22
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Reno

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

RenRenzoGenoReneeRenatoZenoRennReneRennyRenaldoRenlyRenanLenoKenoRenardRennerRenleyRenjiRennieDenoRenaRentonRenaldRenardo

Names with a curve like Reno

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Reno, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

GerritArmondRuebenMarshalDonatoMarinoHilarioDentonEnricoFaustinoBorisCaesar

Sibling names for Reno

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

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