Tao — #9142 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Tao

The Social Security Administration has registered 417 babies named Tao between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Tao currently holds the #9142 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2021, when 20 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Tao performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 131 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Tao shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 27 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Tao in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Tao 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 417 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.