Gao — girls' name

What the Data Says About Gao

The Social Security Administration has registered 375 babies named Gao between 1980 and 2008, spanning 29 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Gao currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 32 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Gao performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 204 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Gao shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Minnesota, which accounts for 163 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Gao in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Gao 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 375 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.