Yao
- Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
- Peak · boys
- 1984 · 10 births
- Debut · boys
- 10 births
- In top 100 · boys
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · boys
- 108since 1984
Yao over time
boys
Rank among boys' names. Yao has never cracked the top 3,000 here.
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | boys | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
| 2023 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,146 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #12,145 | 5 |
| 2018 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #12,185 | 5 |
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| 2009 | #10,994 | 6 |
| 2008 | #12,553 | 5 |
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| 2006 | #9,585 | 7 |
| 2005 | #9,115 | 7 |
| 2004 | #9,948 | 6 |
| 2003 | #9,581 | 6 |
| 2002 | #10,667 | 5 |
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| 1995 | #6,992 | 7 |
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| 1993 | #7,638 | 6 |
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| 1989 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #7,270 | 5 |
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| 1984 | #3,925 | 10 |
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First appearance
1984
The first year at least five boys were named Yao! It came in at #3,925, and was given to 10 baby boys.
Quietest stretch: 1985–1992, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.
Where Yao is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more boys named Yao in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Yao
Momentum · boys
Faded out
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2023
Rise & fade · boys
Peaked on debut
- Debuted 1984
- Peaked 1984 at #3,925 (10 births)
- Births halved by 1985, 1 yr 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 180,485
- Highest: 1 in 180,485 boys born in 1984 were named Yao (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 342,115 boys born in 2023 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 2000s
- 38.9% of all boys named Yao (42) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980s | 20 | #3,925 (1984) | #6,367 |
| 1990s | 13 | #6,992 (1995) | #7,315 |
| 2000s | 42 | #9,115 (2005) | #10,349 |
| 2010s | 23 | #8,840 (2017) | #11,332 |
| 2020s | 10 | #12,146 (2021) | #12,193 |
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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