Reno
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
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
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.
The Reno deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Reno truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Reno fits with your family’s names and surname.
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