Bao — #6561 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Bao

The Social Security Administration has registered 840 babies named Bao between 1976 and 2024, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bao currently holds the #6561 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 31 babies received it in a single year. Bao is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 580 additional births since 1977.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bao performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 236 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Bao shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 159 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Bao in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bao in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 840 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.