Renato
Masculine · “reborn”
Renato is overwhelmingly a boys’ name — 3,292 boys against 6 girls since 1880.
Renato means reborn, and it is one of the very few names that began as a description of a sacrament. Early Christians took Renatus at baptism to say what had just happened to them.
How old is the name Renato?
Renato first appears in US birth records in 1911 — 114 years ago. The typical Renato alive today was born around 1989, making them about 36 years old. About 2,700 people named Renato are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Renato most popular?
Renato peaked in 1969, reaching #1110 nationally. Today it ranks #2941, 1,831 places below that high. See the whole 1969 chart.
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Where it comes from
From renatus to Renato
The story of Renato
Adult converts in the early church frequently took a new name at baptism, and Renatus was among the most direct of them — a plain statement rather than a saint's name. It became an ordinary name across the Latin west, giving Italian and Spanish Renato, Portuguese Renato, and French René, which is by far the most widely used of them. It reaches United States records with Italian, Spanish and Brazilian families, and it has stayed steadily in use in all three.
Meaning
reborn, born again
Latin renatus is re-, 'again', with natus, 'born' — the past participle of nasci, 'to be born'. It is the ordinary Latin word for what baptism was understood to do, and it was adopted as a name for exactly that reason. The reading is documented and undisputed. The French René and Renée are the same word.
How the name formed
- renatus
- Renato
Related forms: René · Renato · Renato · Renatus
Pronouncing Renato
reh-NAH-toh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle, the r tapped in Italian and Spanish. English speakers say ruh-NAH-toh, which is close enough to be understood everywhere.
Nicknames for Renato
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1911
- Most boys named
- 200056 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1110reached in 1969
- Change vs 2023
- +40.0%42 in 2025, from 30
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Renato in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- René in French — same name
- Renato in Spanish — same name
- Renato in Portuguese — same name
- Renatus in Latin — related form
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Renatos among us
people named Renato are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 40,668 born in 2025 was named Renato
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Ysidro test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Renato's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Ysidro climbed just as high around 1906, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Ysidro's path sketches the road Renato is walking now.
Renato sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Renato is headed
Renato should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Renato beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Renato in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- An exact meaning with a documented reason behind its adoption as a name.
- Nato and Reno are both natural short forms with real currency.
- Three syllables that read correctly in Italian, Spanish and Portuguese alike.
- It is an unmistakably Christian name in origin and will be read as one where that is known.
- The short form Nato collides with the acronym in English-speaking settings.
- Renato and René are the same name and look entirely unrelated.
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Frequently asked
- How many Renatos are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,700 people named Renato are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Renato in 2025?
- Renato ranks #2941 among US boy names in 2025, with 42 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Renato?
- About 1 in every 40,668 US boys born in 2025 was named Renato — 42 in all.
- Will my child share the name Renato with classmates?
- Renato will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Renato
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