Reno

Last seen for girls in 1995 at #13,386 · #4,396 for boys in 2025, 23 births
Given to boys 99.5% of the time

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Peak · boys
1886 · 7 births
Debut · boys
7 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
4,160
since 1886

Reno over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Reno has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201921peak #758, 1886boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,39623
2024#3,33535
2023#4,61022
2022#3,77429
2021#3,49732
2020#4,42622
2019#4,48022
2018#3,24035
2017#4,10525
2016#3,99026
2015#4,29523
2014#5,06618
2013#3,26533
2012#3,62529
2011#3,51030
2010#3,37732
2009#5,33417
2008#4,39522
2007#3,31333
2006#3,02436
2005#3,44728
2004#2,84336
2003#2,62038
2002#3,02230
2001#2,02752
2000#1,84857
1999#1,53173
1998#1,58566
1997#1,125112
1996#1,021122
1995#13,3865#1,028117
1994#10,5697#1,009121
1993#13,4425#1,23884
1992#1,98140
1991#2,09535
1990#2,17033
1989#2,02735
1988#2,68221
1987#1,73438
1986#1,96230
1985#2,94216
1984#1,69034
1983#2,40820
1982#2,42620
1981#1,72633
1980#1,96528
1979#1,63335
1978#1,76030
1977#1,70731
1976#1,71130
1975#1,59332
1974#1,61830
1973#1,40036
1972#1,41836
1971#1,63729
1970#1,49432
1969#1,37634
1968#1,50627
1967#1,71121
1966#1,45028
1965#1,23338
1964#1,38432
1963#1,06951
1962#1,29536
1961#1,10850
1960#1,15246
1959#1,52227
1958#1,32134
1957#1,23440
1956#1,38531
1955#1,19839
1954#1,82618
1953#1,59223
1952#1,70120
1951#1,59822
1950#1,39527
1949#1,70219
1948#1,88116
1947#1,78618
1946#1,75917
1945#1,69716
1944#1,37024
1943#1,52921
1942#1,58520
1941#1,68517
1940#1,68017
1939#1,95813
1938#1,39723
1937#1,52820
1936#1,11834
1935#1,29527
1934#1,35725
1933#1,36124
1932#1,32427
1931#1,30228
1930#1,02145
1929#1,13837
1928#1,05743
1927#1,43627
1926#82564
1925#91654
1924#99350
1923#94153
1922#90559
1921#5,0995#96253
1920#98748
1919#94950
1918#1,06241
1917#84957
1916#89249
1915#82355
1914#1,01930
1913#96926
1912#85427
1911#1,11710
1910
1909#1,1557
1908
1907
1906#1,2535
1905#1,2335
1904#9667
1903
1902
1901
1900
1899
1898
1897#1,0575
1896#1,1015
1895
1894
1893
1892
1891
1890#8147
1889
1888
1887
1886#7587
1885
1884
1883
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1886

The first year at least five boys were named Reno! It came in at #758, and was given to 7 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1887–1889, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

See more about Reno
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 1,061 spots since 2024 (#3,335#4,396)
  • 30 spots since 2020 (#4,426#4,396)
  • 101 spots since 2015 (#4,295#4,396)
  • Biggest jump: 263 spots in 1912 (#1,117#854)
  • Biggest drop: 611 spots in 1927 (#825#1,436)
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
  • Debuted 1886
  • Peaked 1886 at #758 (7 births)
  • Births halved by 1887, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 16 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 16 yrs · run 1919–1926
Share of babies · boys
1 in 15,429
  • Highest: 1 in 15,429 boys born in 1915 were named Reno (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 74,264 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #758 in 1886, was only 1 in 15,826 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1990s
  • 19.3% of all boys named Reno (803) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s7#758 (1886)#758
1890s17#814 (1890)#991
1900s24#966 (1904)#1,152
1910s345#823 (1915)#948
1920s488#825 (1926)#1,016
1930s266#1,021 (1930)#1,366
1940s185#1,370 (1944)#1,667
1950s281#1,198 (1955)#1,477
1960s363#1,069 (1963)#1,328
1970s321#1,400 (1973)#1,597
1980s275#1,690 (1984)#2,156
1990s803#1,009 (1994)#1,478
2000s349#1,848 (2000)#3,187
2010s273#3,240 (2018)#3,895
2020s163#3,335 (2024)#4,006

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Reno in 1921

girls
#5,099
5 births · 1 in 246,612 girls
boys
#962
53 births · 1 in 20,782 boys

Top girls' names in 1921

  1. #1Mary73,984
  2. #2Dorothy39,087
  3. #3Helen34,822
  4. #4Margaret28,468
  5. #5Ruth25,783
  6. #6Virginia19,032
  7. #7Mildred17,880
  8. #8Betty17,638
  9. #9Frances15,993
  10. #10Elizabeth15,800
  11. #5,099Reno5

Top boys' names in 1921

  1. #1John58,216
  2. #2Robert52,779
  3. #3William51,862
  4. #4James49,750
  5. #5Charles29,242
  6. #6George27,476
  7. #7Joseph26,182
  8. #8Edward20,817
  9. #9Frank16,705
  10. #10Richard16,376
  11. #962Reno53
More about 1921

girls

1,233,058 girls got a published name in 1921; 1 in 246,612 of them was named Reno, which outranked 13.1% of the 5,871 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reno
  1. #4,464Zenna6
  2. #4,464Zepha6
  3. #4,464Zipporah6
  4. #5,099Reno5
  5. #5,099Abbey5
  6. #5,099Adalee5
  7. #5,099Adam5

Tied with 772 names at #5,099; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. 4,238Elwanda#4,975#737
  2. 458Noreen#1,255#797
  3. 440Venice#1,375#935
  4. 343Isobel#1,312#969
  5. 306Aida#1,119#813
Fallers
  1. 612Lilia#931#1,543
  2. 345Denise#931#1,276
  3. 330Aleen#968#1,298
  4. 269Virgil#968#1,237
  5. 265Aldona#903#1,168

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,101,449 boys got a published name in 1921; 1 in 20,782 of them was named Reno, which outranked 80.7% of the 4,985 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reno
  1. #953Ricardo54
  2. #953Tillman54
  3. #953Tim54
  4. #962Reno53
  5. #962Dewayne53
  6. #962Joyce53
  7. #962Kiyoshi53
  8. #973Arne52
  9. #973Clint52
  10. #973Earlie52

Tied with 10 names at #962; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1920
Risers
  1. 828Kevin#1,543#715
  2. 499Enrico#1,157#658
  3. 435Richmond#1,225#790
  4. 427Reynaldo#1,252#825
  5. 425Art#1,416#991
Fallers
  1. 391Stacy#835#1,226
  2. 279Gorden#947#1,226
  3. 248Brady#653#901
  4. 246Guillermo#812#1,058
  5. 219Lindsay#903#1,122

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1921