Bardo — boys' name

What the Data Says About Bardo

The Social Security Administration has registered 39 babies named Bardo between 1974 and 2007, spanning 34 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bardo currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 7 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bardo performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 18 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Bardo shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bardo in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bardo 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 39 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.