Nuno comes from the Portuguese tradition, meaning Grandfather or ninth.
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How popular is Nuno?
1981peak year
Today, Nuno is rarely chosen — ranked well outside the top 1,000 (around #13611), with only about 5 babies given the name per year. But it wasn't always this way. At its peak in 1981, 10 babies were given the name (ranked #4062 nationally). Its strongest stretch was the 1980s. In all, around 126 babies have been registered as Nuno since 1880.
Year-by-year registrations1880–2024 · U.S. Social Security data
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