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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201962peak #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
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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
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1904—#9667
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1896—#1,1015
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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.

Where Reno is popular in 1962

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #734 for boys · 10 births · 1 in 18,703 boysCAUtah: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 boys named Reno, so not publishedFL

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Top states · boys
  1. California#734 · 1 in 18,703

Best ever in a state: #162 in Maine, 1934.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1962

boys
#1,295
36 births · 1 in 57,466 boys

Top boys' names in 1962

  1. #1Michael85,059
  2. #2David81,337
  3. #3John78,427
  4. #4James72,555
  5. #5Robert70,199
  6. #6Mark53,520
  7. #7William44,853
  8. #8Richard39,422
  9. #9Thomas36,529
  10. #10Jeffrey33,537
  11. #1,295Reno36
More about 1962

boys

2,068,772 boys got a published name in 1962; 1 in 57,466 of them was named Reno, which outranked 72.0% of the 4,631 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Reno
  1. #1,279Selwyn37
  2. #1,279Verlin37
  3. #1,279Wayde37
  4. #1,295Reno36
  5. #1,295Abelardo36
  6. #1,295Chance36
  7. #1,295Daneil36
  8. #1,311Abner35
  9. #1,311Alain35
  10. #1,311Alvie35

Tied with 15 names at #1,295; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1961
Risers
  1. ↑ 490Ritchie#1,262 → #772
  2. ↑ 353King#1,349 → #996
  3. ↑ 338Arlie#1,322 → #984
  4. ↑ 250Robb#1,052 → #802
  5. ↑ 243Pernell#928 → #685
Fallers
  1. ↓ 351Mariano#928 → #1,279
  2. ↓ 349Michal#910 → #1,259
  3. ↓ 337Loran#958 → #1,295
  4. ↓ 292Sid#967 → #1,259
  5. ↓ 275Lorenza#940 → #1,215

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

See the top 100 for 1962 →