Gao

Peak · girls
1989 · 32 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
375
since 1980

Gao over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Gao has never cracked the top 3,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank18801900192019401960198020002020peak #3,253, 1989girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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2008#17,5045
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2005#13,0107
2004#12,7617
2003#11,3258
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2001#15,3525
2000#11,8017
1999#8,22311
1998#5,58318
1997#5,41718
1996#10,5677
1995#4,21724
1994#4,68721
1993#4,10025
1992#3,96826
1991#3,44331
1990#4,23023
1989#3,25332
1988#6,27712
1987#4,47418
1986#4,34718
1985#4,86015
1984#9,1446
1983#10,2755
1982#6,37110
1981#6,32310
1980#9,0956
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First appearance
1980

The first year at least five girls were named Gao! It came in at #9,095, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2001–2002, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Gao is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more girls named Gao in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Gao
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
Rise & fade · girls
9 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1980
  • Peaked 1989 at #3,253 (32 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 57,611
  • Highest: 1 in 57,611 girls born in 1989 were named Gao (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 378,188 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 54.4% of all girls named Gao (204) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s132#3,253 (1989)#6,442
1990s204#3,443 (1991)#5,444
2000s39#11,325 (2003)#13,626

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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