How Many People Are Named Dao?
people named Dao are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,261,198 people in the US has this name
Based on 282 babies named Dao in Social Security records from 1980 to 2018, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
24 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Dao, 31.6% were girls and 68.4% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1980s: 33.3% of the babies were girls then and 33.7% in the 1990s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Dao alive today is about 35 years old, and 81% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 31 and 40 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Dao first appears in the records in 1980 and was given most often in 1991, to 24 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2018.
Babies given the name each year, 1980 to 2018
🏆 Rank History
Dao has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #2,811, in 1983. Among girls, its best rank was #6,460, in 1982.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #2,811 (1983) | #6,460 (1982) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,210 in the 1980s | #10,061 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Dao alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Dao were born in California than in any other state: about 42 of those alive today.
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