Renato
From Latin meaning "reborn" or "born again".
Name Census estimates that about 2,724 living Americans carry the first name Renato. The name is used almost exclusively for boys. The average person named Renato today is around 34 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Renato births was 2010 (69 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Renato. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Renato with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
2.7K
~ 1 in 125,828 Americans
Peak year
2010
69 babies that year
Average age
34
years old
2024 SSA rank
#2,493
Tracked since 1911
Census
Renato in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 9,655 people with the first name Renato, which placed it at #2,519 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#2,519
National first-name rank
People counted
9.7K
9,655 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
3.2
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Asian and Pacific Islander
36.1% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Renato
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Renato is Asian/Pacific Islander at 36.1%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (35.1%) and White (25.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Renato described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Renato at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Asian and Pacific Islander36.1% · 3,489
- Hispanic or Latino35.1% · 3,391
- White25.4% · 2,450
- Black or African American2.0% · 197
- Two or more races1.2% · 119
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.1% · 9
Gender
Gender distribution for Renato
Out of the 3,255 babies given the name Renato since 1880, 99.8% were registered as male. The name sits firmly on the male side of the spectrum, with only a handful of female registrations across the entire dataset.
Renato as a male name
- Ranked #2,493 in 2024
- 55 male births in 2024
- Peak: 2010 (69 births)
Renato as a female name
- Ranked #10,034 in 1980
- 6 female births in 1980
- Peak: 1980 (6 births)
2020 Census snapshot
In the 2020 Census sex table, Renato appears almost entirely male. Of the 9,661 people counted with this name, 99.6% were male and only a very small share were female.
Popularity
Renato: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Renato from the 1910s through to the 2020s, spanning 12 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 470 total registrations. Although the numbers have come down from the 2000s peak, Renato remains solidly in use and shows no sign of disappearing from maternity wards.
Babies born per year
Decades
Renato by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Renato during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Renatos live
The SSA's state-level files cover 8 states and territories. California, Texas, New York recorded the most babies named Renato, while Arizona, Massachusetts, New Jersey recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 189 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Renato
The name Renato is derived from the Latin name Renatus, meaning "reborn" or "born again." It is a masculine given name that originated in Italy during the Middle Ages.
Renato can be traced back to the Late Latin word "renatus," which was formed by combining the prefix "re-" (meaning "again") and the verb "natus" (meaning "born"). This name was likely given to children who were born after a difficult or life-threatening birth, symbolizing their rebirth or second chance at life.
In the 14th century, Renato became a popular name in Italy, particularly among the nobility and upper classes. One of the earliest recorded uses of the name was in reference to Renato d'Angiò (1409-1480), a member of the House of Valois-Anjou and the King of Naples from 1435 to 1442.
During the Renaissance period, the name gained further popularity due to its association with the humanist movement and the revival of classical literature and culture. Notable figures bearing the name Renato include Renato Raffaello (1550-1620), an Italian composer and music theorist, and Renato da Venezia (1443-1498), an Italian mathematician and astronomer.
In the 17th century, the name was adopted in Spain and Portugal, where it was sometimes spelled as "Renato" or "Reynato." One of the most famous individuals with this name was Renato Descartes (1596-1650), the French philosopher, mathematician, and scientist who is often regarded as the father of modern philosophy.
Other notable individuals with the name Renato include Renato Guttuso (1912-1987), an Italian painter and sculptor associated with the social realist movement, and Renato Curcio (born 1941), an Italian far-left militant and co-founder of the Red Brigades terrorist group.
In the 19th and 20th centuries, the name Renato maintained its popularity in Italy and other parts of Europe, as well as in Latin American countries with strong Italian cultural influences. Renato Dulbecco (1914-2012) was an Italian-American virologist who won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1975, and Renato Russo (1960-1996) was a Brazilian singer-songwriter and composer, widely regarded as one of the most influential figures in Brazilian rock music.
People
Renato + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Renato as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with R
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Renato: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Renato?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 2,724 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Renato going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 125,828 US residents.
Is Renato a common name?
We classify Renato as "Rare". It ranks above 94.9% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 3,255 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Renato most popular?
The single biggest year for Renato was 2010, when 69 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Renato is about 34 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Renato in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 9,655 people with the name Renato, or 3.20 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #2,519 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Renato in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Renato?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Renato appears almost entirely male. Of the 9,661 people counted with this name, 99.6% were male and only a very small share were female. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Renato?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Renato is Asian/Pacific Islander at 36.1%. The next largest groups are Hispanic (35.1%) and White (25.4%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Renato most often in the Census?
Asian/Pacific Islander is the largest reported group for people named Renato in the 2020 Census, accounting for 36.1% (3,489 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Renato in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Renato a male name?
Yes, 99.8% of people registered as Renato in the SSA data are male. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Renato still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Renato in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Renato can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have the name Renato?
If you just want to know how many people have the name Renato, HowManyOfMe.org gives you the headline number in one glance.