How Many People Are Named Chao?
people named Chao are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,135,497 people in the US has this name
Based on 320 babies named Chao in Social Security records from 1971 to 2013, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
๐๐ Very Rare
Peak Year
26 births
Trend
Last year given
๐ Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From Chinese ่ถ (chฤo) meaning "surpass, leap over" (which is usually only masculine), ๆฝฎ (chรกo) meaning "tide, flow, damp", or other characters which are pronounced similarly.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
โง Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Chao, 11.6% were girls and 88.4% were boys.
๐ฅ Age Distribution
The average person named Chao alive today is about 41 years old, and 96% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 36 and 46 in 2025.
๐ Popularity Over Time
Chao first appears in the records in 1971 and was given most often in 1985, to 26 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2013.
Babies given the name each year, 1971 to 2013
๐ Rank History
Chao has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,727, in 1985. Among girls, its best rank was #7,679, in 1985.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,727 (1985) | #7,679 (1985) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #3,281 in the 1980s | #13,132 in the 1980s |
๐ State-Wise Distribution
People named Chao alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Chao were born in California than in any other state: about 45 of those alive today.
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