Bao
Bao is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 13 births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 130.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 198631 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1976
- 1,420people given the name
The story in the numbers
840 boys have been named Bao in the United States since 1976, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1986, with 31 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 1980s alone account for 28%.
Bao is used for both sexes: 41% of its bearers are girls (580), most of them born around 1990.
By decade
In 1986, its biggest year
Bao was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five boys’ names of 1986 were Michael, Christopher, Matthew, Joshua and David. See all of 1986.
Names that rose and fell with Bao
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Minhpeak 1982
- Tienpeak 1992
- Kcpeak 1991
- Nampeak 1984
- Lamarcuspeak 1989
- Demarcuspeak 1991
- Jerrickpeak 1989
- Tjpeak 1988
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.