Reno
Reno was given to 23 boys in 2025, #4,504 among boys’ names; 4,182 Americans have been recorded with it since 1886 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,710 Americans named Reno and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (65% of everyone recorded); the median is 32 years old and half are between 25 and 53.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Reno by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Reno?
#4,504 among boys’ names, 2025
Reno fell from #4,374 in 2015 to #4,504 in 2025 among boys’ names, although its share of boys born rose from 12.0 to 13.5 per million.
128 babies in 1994, the peak
Reno peaked in 1994, when 128 babies were given it (121 boys, #1,006 among boys’ names). The 23 births of 2025 are 18% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #4,504 | 13.5 |
| 2024 | 35 | #3,375 | 20.3 |
| 2023 | 22 | #4,704 | 12.9 |
| 2022 | 29 | #3,849 | 16.6 |
| 2021 | 32 | #3,558 | 18.3 |
| 2020 | 22 | #4,511 | 12.7 |
| 2019 | 22 | #4,604 | 12.3 |
| 2018 | 35 | #3,288 | 19.3 |
| 2017 | 25 | #4,202 | 13.5 |
| 2016 | 26 | #4,069 | 13.7 |
Every recorded year (123)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million boys |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 23 | #4,374 | 12.0 |
| 2014 | 18 | #5,213 | 9.4 |
| 2013 | 33 | #3,321 | 17.4 |
| 2012 | 29 | #3,690 | 15.3 |
| 2011 | 30 | #3,580 | 15.8 |
| 2010 | 32 | #3,430 | 16.7 |
| 2009 | 17 | #5,494 | 8.6 |
| 2008 | 22 | #4,506 | 10.8 |
| 2007 | 33 | #3,364 | 15.9 |
| 2006 | 36 | #3,069 | 17.5 |
| 2005 | 28 | #3,505 | 14.0 |
| 2004 | 36 | #2,866 | 18.1 |
| 2003 | 38 | #2,663 | 19.2 |
| 2002 | 30 | #3,069 | 15.5 |
| 2001 | 52 | #2,040 | 26.8 |
| 2000 | 57 | #1,864 | 29.0 |
| 1999 | 73 | #1,539 | 38.0 |
| 1998 | 66 | #1,594 | 34.5 |
| 1997 | 112 | #1,125 | 59.4 |
| 1996 | 122 | #1,022 | 64.4 |
| 1995 | 117 | #1,029 | 61.5 |
| 1994 | 121 | #1,006 | 62.6 |
| 1993 | 84 | #1,239 | 42.8 |
| 1992 | 40 | #1,991 | 20.0 |
| 1991 | 35 | #2,122 | 17.3 |
| 1990 | 33 | #2,199 | 16.1 |
| 1989 | 35 | #2,054 | 17.5 |
| 1988 | 21 | #2,746 | 11.0 |
| 1987 | 38 | #1,751 | 20.4 |
| 1986 | 30 | #1,995 | 16.3 |
| 1985 | 16 | #3,045 | 8.7 |
| 1984 | 34 | #1,711 | 18.8 |
| 1983 | 20 | #2,478 | 11.2 |
| 1982 | 20 | #2,501 | 11.0 |
| 1981 | 33 | #1,755 | 18.4 |
| 1980 | 28 | #1,992 | 15.7 |
| 1979 | 35 | #1,662 | 20.3 |
| 1978 | 30 | #1,783 | 18.3 |
| 1977 | 31 | #1,735 | 18.9 |
| 1976 | 30 | #1,737 | 19.1 |
| 1975 | 32 | #1,619 | 20.5 |
| 1974 | 30 | #1,651 | 19.1 |
| 1973 | 36 | #1,428 | 23.1 |
| 1972 | 36 | #1,437 | 22.2 |
| 1971 | 29 | #1,660 | 16.4 |
| 1970 | 32 | #1,516 | 17.2 |
| 1969 | 34 | #1,394 | 19.0 |
| 1968 | 27 | #1,537 | 15.5 |
| 1967 | 21 | #1,745 | 12.0 |
| 1966 | 28 | #1,478 | 15.7 |
| 1965 | 38 | #1,250 | 20.4 |
| 1964 | 32 | #1,403 | 16.1 |
| 1963 | 51 | #1,076 | 25.1 |
| 1962 | 36 | #1,307 | 17.4 |
| 1961 | 50 | #1,117 | 23.5 |
| 1960 | 46 | #1,162 | 21.6 |
| 1959 | 27 | #1,550 | 12.6 |
| 1958 | 34 | #1,337 | 16.0 |
| 1957 | 40 | #1,243 | 18.5 |
| 1956 | 31 | #1,411 | 14.7 |
| 1955 | 39 | #1,211 | 18.9 |
| 1954 | 18 | #1,875 | 8.8 |
| 1953 | 23 | #1,624 | 11.7 |
| 1952 | 20 | #1,736 | 10.3 |
| 1951 | 22 | #1,636 | 11.7 |
| 1950 | 27 | #1,421 | 15.1 |
| 1949 | 19 | #1,745 | 10.7 |
| 1948 | 16 | #1,932 | 9.1 |
| 1947 | 18 | #1,837 | 9.8 |
| 1946 | 17 | #1,799 | 10.5 |
| 1945 | 16 | #1,750 | 11.9 |
| 1944 | 24 | #1,393 | 17.6 |
| 1943 | 21 | #1,567 | 14.7 |
| 1942 | 20 | #1,623 | 14.5 |
| 1941 | 17 | #1,741 | 13.8 |
| 1940 | 17 | #1,729 | 14.7 |
| 1939 | 13 | #2,032 | 11.7 |
| 1938 | 23 | #1,430 | 20.7 |
| 1937 | 20 | #1,570 | 18.8 |
| 1936 | 34 | #1,138 | 32.8 |
| 1935 | 27 | #1,321 | 25.9 |
| 1934 | 25 | #1,379 | 24.2 |
| 1933 | 24 | #1,398 | 24.2 |
| 1932 | 27 | #1,351 | 25.9 |
| 1931 | 28 | #1,327 | 26.9 |
| 1930 | 45 | #1,034 | 41.0 |
| 1929 | 37 | #1,152 | 34.4 |
| 1928 | 43 | #1,075 | 38.8 |
| 1927 | 27 | #1,459 | 24.0 |
| 1926 | 64 | #829 | 57.6 |
| 1925 | 54 | #923 | 48.4 |
| 1924 | 50 | #1,004 | 44.1 |
| 1923 | 53 | #950 | 48.4 |
| 1922 | 59 | #912 | 54.2 |
| 1921 | 53 | #970 | 48.1 |
| 1920 | 48 | #1,001 | 45.1 |
| 1919 | 50 | #957 | 51.0 |
| 1918 | 41 | #1,075 | 40.5 |
| 1917 | 57 | #854 | 61.6 |
| 1916 | 49 | #911 | 55.1 |
| 1915 | 55 | #831 | 64.8 |
| 1914 | 30 | #1,046 | 45.8 |
| 1913 | 26 | #989 | 50.7 |
| 1912 | 27 | #870 | 62.8 |
| 1911 | 10 | #1,177 | 44.3 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,249 | 42.7 |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,380 | 37.6 |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,385 | 37.8 |
| 1904 | 7 | #1,040 | 54.6 |
| 1897 | 5 | #1,196 | 44.3 |
| 1896 | 5 | #1,230 | 41.8 |
| 1890 | 7 | #864 | 63.0 |
| 1886 | 7 | #831 | 63.2 |
Ranks and shares: boys’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all boys SSA recorded that year.
Is Reno a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Reno has been given almost only to boys: 22 girls in 123 years of records.
Girls and boys named Reno: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Reno, and how old are they?
2,710 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 65% of the 4,182 Americans ever recorded as Reno. The median Reno alive today is 32 years old; half are between 25 and 53.
The 2020 Census counted 2,671 people named Reno (108 women and girls, 2,563 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,705 born in the U.S. The Census count is 1% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 73 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 390 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 439 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 781 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 677 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 342 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Reno born?
The states with the most babies named Reno are California, Texas and Illinois, with 64% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, boys | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 415 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Texas | 114 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 109 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 96 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Ohio | 62 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Florida | 45 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Michigan | 40 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| New York | 29 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Maine | 28 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Massachusetts | 20 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Reno is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Reno is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among boys’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Reno with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 4 names spelled alike, given to 78,462 babies since 1880, Reno is the second most given (5.3% of them). In 2025 it was given to 23 of their 251 babies (9.2%), again the second most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Reno
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Reno and names like it
- Compare Reno and ReneBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1990sReno peaked in 1994.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Reno since 1910.
- The top names of 1994The year the most babies were named Reno.
- The names of the MillennialsMost people named Reno alive today were born 1981-1996.
- Names starting with RMost given first.