boy's name

Reno

  • Gender Boy
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Uncommon
  • Births on record 4,480

Scotland

#459

2005 births

Reno is a boy's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

  • Peaked in 1994, when 128 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 144,155 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1886.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Reno over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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'80 '90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Reno by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 7
1890s 17
1900s 24
1910s 345
1920s 493
1930s 266
1940s 185
1950s 281
1960s 363
1970s 321
1980s 275
1990s 820
2000s 349
2010s 273
2020s (to 2025) 163

How popular is Reno?

In 2025, Reno was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Where Reno is used

Scotland #459 4 in 2005
Canada #3,399 5 in 2024
United States #4,429 23 in 2025
England & Wales #4,605 4 in 2025
France #5,664 5 in 2013

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Reno is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Réno Réno is a rare spelling of Reno, written with an acute accent and recorded about 5 times, mostly in France. 5

Names that peaked alongside Reno

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Reno also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Reno over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Reno

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Reno — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Reno

How popular is the name Reno?

In 2025, Reno was given to 23 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.

Is Reno a girl's or a boy's name?

Reno is given almost entirely to boys in birth records.

How many syllables are in Reno?

Reno has 2 syllables.

When was Reno most popular?

Reno peaked in 1994, when 128 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Reno a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Reno currently ranks #3,399 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.