How Many People Are Named Kao?
people named Kao are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 493,908 people in the US has this name
Based on 719 babies named Kao in Social Security records from 1980 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
54 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Kao, 34.3% were girls and 65.7% were boys. The share of girls among babies named Kao rose from 33.5% in the 1980s to 44.4% in the 1990s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Kao alive today is about 33 years old, and 80% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 31 and 41 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Kao first appears in the records in 1980 and was given most often in 1981, to 54 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1980 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Kao has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #1,529, in 1981. In 2025 it ranked #9,300. Among girls, its best rank was #4,257, in 1991.
| Boys | Girls | |
|---|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,300 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #1,529 (1981) | #4,257 (1991) |
| Years in the top 100 | None | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #2,285 in the 1980s | #5,787 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Kao alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Kao were born in California than in any other state: about 268 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Kao was given about 5.5 times as often in California.
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