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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Reco

Reco was the 13452nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 1025th with 66 babies. More babies were named Reco in the 1970s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
#13,452 boys
Babies in 2025
5boys
Girls and boys
Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
Peak year
197666 babies
Total since 1880
1,202babies recorded

Reco popularity since 1880

0255075100 1900192019401960198020002020
Boys Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (boys)Babies (boys)
2025#13,4525
2020——
2010#6,62613
2000#4,33918
1990#2,15634
1980#1,44344
1970#1,92222
1960#3,2768
1950——
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Reco, counting every spelling?

Reco has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How many kids will share the name Reco?

5 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Reco (0.00 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Reco born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 1,661 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Reco.

Chance of another Reco in a class of 20under 1 in 50US, born 2025

Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.

How old are people named Reco?

About 1,100 people born in the US named Reco are alive today, with a median age of 43; half are between 33 and 50. That makes Reco mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Reco by state

How common Reco was among boys born in each state in 1974–1978, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in South Carolina (10.9×), Georgia (7.4×), Mississippi (6.9×). In 44 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: fewer than 5 a yearWI–Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: fewer than 5 a yearWA–Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: fewer than 5 a yearMN–Illinois: fewer than 5 a yearIL–Michigan: fewer than 5 a yearMI–New York: fewer than 5 a yearNY–Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: fewer than 5 a yearIN–Ohio: 0.01 per 1,000 babiesOH0.01Pennsylvania: fewer than 5 a yearPA–New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: fewer than 5 a yearCA–Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: fewer than 5 a yearMO–Kentucky: fewer than 5 a yearKY–West Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearWV–Virginia: fewer than 5 a yearVA–Maryland: fewer than 5 a yearMD–Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: fewer than 5 a yearKS–Arkansas: fewer than 5 a yearAR–Tennessee: 0.07 per 1,000 babiesTN0.07North Carolina: 0.09 per 1,000 babiesNC0.09South Carolina: 0.34 per 1,000 babiesSC0.34District of Columbia: fewer than 5 a yearDC–Oklahoma: fewer than 5 a yearOK–Louisiana: fewer than 5 a yearLA–Mississippi: 0.22 per 1,000 babiesMS0.22Alabama: 0.05 per 1,000 babiesAL0.05Georgia: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesGA0.23Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: fewer than 5 a yearTX–Florida: fewer than 5 a yearFL–
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Reco, boys, 1974–1978. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Reco: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Reco, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Reco

How popular is the name Reco?

Reco was the 13452nd most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 5 babies. Its best year was 1976, when it ranked 1025th with 66 babies. More babies were named Reco in the 1970s than in any other decade.

Is Reco a boy or girl name?

In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Reco in the US.

Where was Reco most popular?

In 1974–1978, Reco was most common in South Carolina (0.34 per 1,000 boys), followed by Georgia and Mississippi.