Is Bao a boy or girl name?

Bao is a unisex name. Of the 1,430 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 40.6% were girls and 59.4% were boys. It changed hands in 1998, and has gone mainly to girls since.

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Bao

Recorded 1976–2025 · United States

Bao was most popular in 1990, when 72 American babies were given the name — ranking #3,148 that year. In 2025 it ranked #16,070, with 10 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 1,430 people named Bao.

Bao over time

Births per year. The dot marks Bao’s peak in 1990. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Bao a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Bao is a unisex name — 40.6% of the 1,430 Americans given it were girls and 59.4% were boys. It changed hands: since 1998 it has gone mainly to girls, having gone mainly to boys before that. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Bao

Where Bao is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org