Pao — boys' name

What the Data Says About Pao

The Social Security Administration has registered 301 babies named Pao between 1979 and 1999, spanning 21 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Pao currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 29 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Pao performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 175 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Pao shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 134 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Wisconsin. In total, SSA state-level files list Pao in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Pao 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 301 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.