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Reno

boy name
Origin
Uncertain
Syllables
2
Peak era
Rare
Today
▬ Steady

Meaning

“Usually explained as an Italian/Spanish diminutive of Moreno, dark-haired, or Renato, reborn; American use also echoes the Nevada city.”

Popularity, 1890–2024

1890srare in US records2020s

Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Reno has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.

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Popularity in Brazil

634 people · the #11,352 first name in Brazil · about 1 in 333,333 · median age 46

1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s1990s2000s2010s

Among people named Reno living in Brazil at the 2022 census, more were born in the 1980s than in any other decade.

Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022

When you meet Reno

Most people given the name Reno in the United States were born between 1960 and 2009. The Reno you meet today is most often in his 20s or 30s.

Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.

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