Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Reno isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Reno through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,182
- 4,160 boys · 22 girls
- Most popular year
- 1994
- 128 babies
- 2025
- 23
- #4,505 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +8%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 23 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,505 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 8.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 122 in 1996. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,671 as a first name in 2020; 8,843 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Reno’s family of names
In Greek usage, Reno as a surname is a transliteration of Ρένο. In Greek usage, Reno is a transliteration of Ρενό. In Greek usage, Reno as a surname is a transliteration of Ρενώ.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Reno
- Reno OlsenDanish cyclistborn 1947
- Reno WilsonAmerican actorborn 1969
- Reno PiscopoAustralian association football playerborn 1998
- Reno WilmotsBelgian footballerborn 1997
- Reno OmokriNigerian author and lawyerborn 1974
- Reno BertoiaItalian-born baseball infielder (1935-2011)
- Reno BrowneAmerican actress (1921-1991)
- Black PearlAmerican professional wrestler
- Reno MünzIndonesian-German footballerborn 2005
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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