Renato
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- reh-NAH-toh
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #2,940 for boys
Renato is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “born again”. In 2025 it ranked 2,940th for boys in the US (42 babies).
What does Renato mean?
Latin: Italian, Spanish and Portuguese form of Renatus
“born again”
From Late Latin Renatus, a name early Christians used to express spiritual rebirth through baptism.
Is Renato a girl's or a boy's name?
Renato is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 42 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Renato in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2015, with 8 boys.
Half of all the boys named Renato in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Renato in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #3,335 |
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 6 | #3,219 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #4,803 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,162 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 8 | #2,614 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 1 | #6,332 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,038 |
| 2010 | 5 | #3,478 |
| 2009 | 3 | #4,691 |
| 2008 | 4 | #3,836 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 4 | #3,330 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,147 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,283 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,237 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 1 | #3,776 |
How popular is Renato in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,940th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 42 about 1 in 41,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 42 boys in the US were named Renato, making it the 2,940th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,805th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 69 boys. It first appears in the records in 1911.
Half of all the boys named Renato in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Renato in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 42 | #2,940 |
| 2024 | 55 | #2,476 |
| 2023 | 30 | #3,710 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,051 |
| 2021 | 47 | #2,694 |
| 2020 | 43 | #2,805 |
| 2019 | 34 | #3,344 |
| 2018 | 43 | #2,795 |
| 2017 | 48 | #2,596 |
| 2016 | 43 | #2,782 |
| 2015 | 50 | #2,485 |
| 2014 | 53 | #2,400 |
| 2013 | 40 | #2,846 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,368 |
| 2011 | 49 | #2,503 |
| 2010 | 69 | #1,985 |
| 2009 | 39 | #2,990 |
| 2008 | 45 | #2,716 |
| 2007 | 39 | #2,972 |
| 2006 | 60 | #2,149 |
| 2005 | 39 | #2,748 |
| 2004 | 44 | #2,485 |
| 2003 | 51 | #2,149 |
| 2002 | 47 | #2,220 |
| 2001 | 50 | #2,082 |
| 2000 | 56 | #1,871 |
| 1999 | 38 | #2,344 |
| 1998 | 45 | #2,065 |
| 1997 | 57 | #1,703 |
| 1996 | 38 | #2,178 |
| 1995 | 41 | #2,021 |
| 1994 | 38 | #2,118 |
| 1993 | 49 | #1,736 |
| 1992 | 30 | #2,407 |
| 1991 | 38 | #1,977 |
| 1990 | 38 | #1,963 |
| 1989 | 44 | #1,728 |
| 1988 | 34 | #1,904 |
| 1987 | 31 | #1,970 |
| 1986 | 33 | #1,835 |
| 1985 | 42 | #1,543 |
| 1984 | 53 | #1,264 |
| 1983 | 43 | #1,447 |
| 1982 | 30 | #1,849 |
| 1981 | 38 | #1,576 |
| 1980 | 44 | #1,432 |
| 1979 | 40 | #1,487 |
| 1978 | 54 | #1,214 |
| 1977 | 41 | #1,431 |
| 1976 | 36 | #1,501 |
| 1975 | 40 | #1,378 |
| 1974 | 51 | #1,151 |
| 1973 | 47 | #1,201 |
| 1972 | 45 | #1,230 |
| 1971 | 33 | #1,494 |
| 1970 | 46 | #1,222 |
| 1969 | 49 | #1,110 |
| 1968 | 26 | #1,543 |
| 1967 | 27 | #1,475 |
| 1966 | 31 | #1,372 |
| 1965 | 34 | #1,317 |
| 1964 | 23 | #1,654 |
| 1963 | 19 | #1,838 |
| 1962 | 20 | #1,804 |
| 1961 | 24 | #1,634 |
| 1960 | 19 | #1,857 |
| 1959 | 18 | #1,915 |
| 1958 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1957 | 16 | #2,018 |
| 1956 | 13 | #2,261 |
| 1955 | 12 | #2,301 |
| 1954 | 9 | #2,742 |
| 1953 | 21 | #1,676 |
| 1952 | 15 | #2,009 |
| 1951 | 20 | #1,682 |
| 1950 | 11 | #2,320 |
| 1949 | 6 | #3,296 |
| 1948 | 10 | #2,442 |
| 1947 | 12 | #2,250 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 8 | #2,711 |
| 1941 | 10 | #2,333 |
| 1940 | 9 | #2,478 |
| 1939 | 7 | #2,829 |
| 1938 | 6 | #3,174 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,197 |
| 1936 | 11 | #2,184 |
| 1935 | 7 | #2,951 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,541 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,191 |
| 1931 | 24 | #1,427 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,443 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,095 |
| 1928 | 16 | #1,960 |
| 1927 | 14 | #2,193 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,565 |
| 1925 | 15 | #2,088 |
| 1924 | 19 | #1,839 |
| 1923 | 19 | #1,815 |
| 1922 | 24 | #1,545 |
| 1921 | 19 | #1,828 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,543 |
| 1919 | 15 | #2,062 |
| 1918 | 11 | #2,542 |
| 1917 | 21 | #1,586 |
| 1916 | 17 | #1,770 |
| 1915 | 12 | #2,183 |
| 1914 | 15 | #1,607 |
| 1913 | 7 | #2,272 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 5 | #1,739 |
Names like Renato
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lorenzo, Romeo, Roman, Leonardo, Hugo, Gabriel, Marco, Raphael, Arlo, Rocco, Oliver, Austin
More Latin names
Olivia, Leo, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Renato: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/renato, updated 20 October 2026.