How Many People Are Named Bao?
people named Bao are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 246,420 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,430 babies named Bao in Social Security records from 1976 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
72 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Chinese ๅฎ (bวo) meaning "treasure, jewel, precious, rare", ่ค (bฤo) meaning "praise, honour" or ่ (bฤo) meaning "bud" (which is usually only feminine). Other Chinese characters are possible as well.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Bao, 40.7% were girls and 59.3% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Bao fell from 55.5% in the 1980s to 0% in the 2010s.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Bao alive today is about 31 years old, and 65% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 24 and 39 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Bao first appears in the records in 1976 and was given most often in 1990, to 72 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1976 to 2025
๐ Rank History
Bao has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,924, in 1986. In 2025 it ranked #7,736. Among girls, its best rank was #2,570, in 1990.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #7,736 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,924 (1986) | #2,570 (1990) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,321 in the 1980s | #3,142 in the 1980s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Bao alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Bao were born in California than in any other state: about 413 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Bao was given 8.3 times as often in Minnesota and 5.2 times in California.
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