first name
CHAO
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 4,305 people named Chao, 96.5% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander and 1.9% as White. 72.1% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Chao peaked in 1985, when 26 babies got the name.
At least 320 babies have been given the name since 1971. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Chao by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #7,185. The largest share of babies named Chao, 66.3%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Either side of Chao
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Chao, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Chao ranks #3,183 of 156,621, with 11,067 people. See Chao as a last name
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