How Many People Are Named Gao?
people named Gao are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 931,293 people in the US has this name
Based on 375 babies named Gao in Social Security records from 1980 to 2008, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
32 births
Trend
Last year given
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Gao in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Gao alive today is about 33 years old, and 75% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 29 and 37 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Gao first appears in the records in 1980 and was given most often in 1989, to 32 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2008.
Babies given the name each year, 1980 to 2008
🏆 Rank History
Gao has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #3,273, in 1989.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #3,273 (1989) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #4,934 in the 1990s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Gao alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Gao were born in Minnesota than in any other state: about 159 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Gao was given about 40.9 times as often in Minnesota.
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