Bao
- Last seen for girls in 2002 at #11,108
- #7,679 for boys in 2025, 10 births
- Given to boys 59.4% of the time
Showing
- Peak · boys
- 1986 · 31 births
- Debut · boys
- 8 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 850since 1976
Bao over time
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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | #7,679 | 10 | |
| 2024 | — | #6,469 | 13 | |
| 2023 | — | #7,738 | 10 | |
| 2022 | — | #12,330 | 5 | |
| 2021 | — | #7,089 | 11 | |
| 2020 | — | #10,605 | 6 | |
| 2019 | — | #6,777 | 12 | |
| 2018 | — | #7,617 | 10 | |
| 2017 | — | #7,095 | 11 | |
| 2016 | — | #5,124 | 18 | |
| 2015 | — | #4,407 | 22 | |
| 2014 | — | #5,733 | 15 | |
| 2013 | — | #4,981 | 18 | |
| 2012 | — | #5,482 | 16 | |
| 2011 | — | #4,509 | 21 | |
| 2010 | — | #5,741 | 15 | |
| 2009 | — | #4,748 | 20 | |
| 2008 | — | #6,763 | 12 | |
| 2007 | — | #5,901 | 14 | |
| 2006 | — | #8,732 | 8 | |
| 2005 | — | #6,634 | 11 | |
| 2004 | — | #5,246 | 15 | |
| 2003 | — | #4,616 | 17 | |
| 2002 | #11,108 | 8 | #6,088 | 11 |
| 2001 | #12,056 | 7 | #4,890 | 15 |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 | #4,389 | 17 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 | #4,341 | 16 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | #3,455 | 20 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #4,022 | 16 |
| 1995 | #4,099 | 25 | #2,685 | 27 |
| 1994 | #3,372 | 33 | #2,502 | 30 |
| 1993 | #3,681 | 29 | #2,509 | 29 |
| 1992 | #2,920 | 40 | #3,604 | 17 |
| 1991 | #2,935 | 39 | #2,344 | 30 |
| 1990 | #2,571 | 46 | #2,553 | 26 |
| 1989 | #3,165 | 33 | #2,784 | 22 |
| 1988 | #2,744 | 38 | #2,509 | 23 |
| 1987 | #3,257 | 28 | #2,272 | 25 |
| 1986 | #4,186 | 19 | #1,917 | 31 |
| 1985 | #2,939 | 31 | #2,116 | 26 |
| 1984 | #2,574 | 36 | #2,529 | 19 |
| 1983 | #2,659 | 33 | #1,955 | 27 |
| 1982 | #3,260 | 26 | #2,207 | 23 |
| 1981 | #2,774 | 32 | #2,204 | 23 |
| 1980 | #4,148 | 18 | #2,729 | 17 |
| 1979 | — | #3,810 | 10 | |
| 1978 | — | #3,400 | 11 | |
| 1977 | #8,444 | 6 | #4,164 | 8 |
| 1976 | — | #4,012 | 8 | |
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First appearance
1976
The first year at least five boys were named Bao! It came in at #4,012, and was given to 8 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 2022, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Bao is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Bao in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Bao
Momentum · boys
Rising
- 1,210 spots since 2024 (#6,469 → #7,679)
- 2,926 spots since 2020 (#10,605 → #7,679)
- 3,272 spots since 2015 (#4,407 → #7,679)
Rise & fade · boys
10 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1976
- Peaked 1986 at #1,917 (31 births)
- Births halved by 1998, 12 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 59,404
- Highest: 1 in 59,404 boys born in 1986 were named Bao (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 170,808 boys born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1980s
- 27.8% of all boys named Bao (236) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1999
- Mostly girls until 1998, mostly boys since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1970s | 37 | #3,400 (1978) | #3,847 |
| 1980s | 236 | #1,917 (1986) | #2,322 |
| 1990s | 224 | #2,344 (1991) | #3,289 |
| 2000s | 140 | #4,389 (2000) | #5,801 |
| 2010s | 158 | #4,407 (2015) | #5,747 |
| 2020s | 55 | #6,469 (2024) | #8,652 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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