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

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Peak · boys
#1,917
1986 · 31 births
Debut · boys
1976
8 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
850
since 1976

Bao over time

girlsboys

Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201986peak #2,571, 1990peak #1,917, 1986girlsboys
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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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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025—#7,67910
2024—#6,46913
2023—#7,73810
2022—#12,3305
2021—#7,08911
2020—#10,6056
2019—#6,77712
2018—#7,61710
2017—#7,09511
2016—#5,12418
2015—#4,40722
2014—#5,73315
2013—#4,98118
2012—#5,48216
2011—#4,50921
2010—#5,74115
2009—#4,74820
2008—#6,76312
2007—#5,90114
2006—#8,7328
2005—#6,63411
2004—#5,24615
2003—#4,61617
2002#11,1088#6,08811
2001#12,0567#4,89015
2000#11,8017#4,38917
1999#12,6886#4,34116
1998#6,07316#4,87313
1997#9,8028#3,45520
1996#5,77116#4,02216
1995#4,09925#2,68527
1994#3,37233#2,50230
1993#3,68129#2,50929
1992#2,92040#3,60417
1991#2,93539#2,34430
1990#2,57146#2,55326
1989#3,16533#2,78422
1988#2,74438#2,50923
1987#3,25728#2,27225
1986#4,18619#1,91731
1985#2,93931#2,11626
1984#2,57436#2,52919
1983#2,65933#1,95527
1982#3,26026#2,20723
1981#2,77432#2,20423
1980#4,14818#2,72917
1979—#3,81010
1978—#3,40011
1977#8,4446#4,1648
1976—#4,0128
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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.

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
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1970s37#3,400 (1978)#3,847
1980s236#1,917 (1986)#2,322
1990s224#2,344 (1991)#3,289
2000s140#4,389 (2000)#5,801
2010s158#4,407 (2015)#5,747
2020s55#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.

Bao in 1986

girls
#4,186
19 births · 1 in 90,292 girls
boys
#1,917
31 births · 1 in 59,404 boys

Top girls' names in 1986

  1. #1Jessica52,682
  2. #2Ashley49,671
  3. #3Amanda40,532
  4. #4Jennifer36,187
  5. #5Sarah28,163
  6. #6Stephanie22,651
  7. #7Nicole21,292
  8. #8Brittany20,313
  9. #9Heather19,790
  10. #10Elizabeth19,074
  11. #4,186Bao19

Top boys' names in 1986

  1. #1Michael64,235
  2. #2Christopher56,693
  3. #3Matthew46,929
  4. #4Joshua37,542
  5. #5David37,150
  6. #6Daniel36,573
  7. #7James34,057
  8. #8Andrew33,858
  9. #9Robert31,350
  10. #10John30,209
  11. #1,917Bao31
More about 1986

girls

1,715,547 girls got a published name in 1986; 1 in 90,292 of them was named Bao, which outranked 67.4% of the 12,836 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bao
  1. #4,028Tyronda20
  2. #4,028Winifred20
  3. #4,028Yalonda20
  4. #4,186Bao19
  5. #4,186Abbe19
  6. #4,186Aicia19
  7. #4,186Alexsandra19
  8. #4,347Aaliyah18
  9. #4,347Abigayle18
  10. #4,347Aigner18

Tied with 160 names at #4,186; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 9,719Kyrie#10,677 → #958
  2. ↑ 4,778Sable#5,678 → #900
  3. ↑ 2,034Eliana#2,484 → #450
  4. ↑ 1,497Shatara#2,484 → #987
  5. ↑ 1,374Cherrelle#2,253 → #879
Fallers
  1. ↓ 442Violeta#963 → #1,405
  2. ↓ 361Micaela#545 → #906
  3. ↓ 361Tasia#572 → #933
  4. ↓ 324Jo#925 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 306Tammie#987 → #1,293

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,841,515 boys got a published name in 1986; 1 in 59,404 of them was named Bao, which outranked 75.5% of the 7,830 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Bao
  1. #1,873Shan32
  2. #1,873Stan32
  3. #1,873Young32
  4. #1,917Bao31
  5. #1,917Alexandra31
  6. #1,917Amado31
  7. #1,917Antonie31
  8. #1,962Blain30
  9. #1,962Carleton30
  10. #1,962Charleston30

Tied with 44 names at #1,917; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1985
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,279Spenser#2,226 → #947
  2. ↑ 920Jayce#1,614 → #694
  3. ↑ 714Addison#1,228 → #514
  4. ↑ 649Payton#1,614 → #965
  5. ↑ 573Cordell#1,181 → #608
Fallers
  1. ↓ 409Ulises#877 → #1,286
  2. ↓ 365Eliot#934 → #1,299
  3. ↓ 322Jordy#998 → #1,320
  4. ↓ 313Trace#956 → #1,269
  5. ↓ 292Kennith#963 → #1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1986 →