How rare is the name Bao?

7,814 people in the United States have the first name Bao, about 1 in 38,653. It ranks #2,912 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BAO

#2,912

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,814
About
1 in 38,653
This common or more
81.2%
Who bears it

Of the 7,814 people named Bao, 98.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander. 67.2% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Bao peaked in 1990, when 72 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19762025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
72
In 2025*
10 ▼86%
Recorded as
used for both

At least 1,430 babies have been given the name since 1976. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Bao by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #3,290. The largest share of babies named Bao, 62.8%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1970s#12,77843
1980s#3,290530
1990s#4,364482
2000s#11,764162
2010s#12,474158
2020s#17,06355
Generation X 1965–805.5%
Millennials 1981–9662.8%
Generation Z 1997–1220.5%
2013 and later11.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Bao

#2,910 Johnpaul · 7,819#2,911 Anjali · 7,815#2,913 Starr · 7,810#2,913 Zariah · 7,810

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Bao, most common first.

#7,178 Ba · 2,148#7,202 Bay · 2,139#15,259 Bai · 757#21,290 Bau · 478#22,206 Bae · 450#30,742 Baw · 282#45,502 Bayo · 149#47,181 Bah · 139

Also a last name

As a last name, Bao ranks #7,849 of 156,621, with 4,053 people. See Bao as a last name

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