How Many People Are Named Mao?
people named Mao are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,186,752 people in the US has this name
Based on 295 babies named Mao in Social Security records from 1980 to 2016, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
21 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Mao, 96.7% were girls and 3.3% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 1980s: 100% of the babies were girls then and 91.3% in the 1990s.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Mao alive today is about 32 years old, and 69% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 28 and 39 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Mao first appears in the records in 1980 and was given most often in 1991, to 21 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2016.
Babies given the name each year, 1980 to 2016
🏆 Rank History
Mao has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #4,396, in 1983.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #4,396 (1983) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #5,825 in the 1980s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Mao alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Mao were born in California than in any other state: about 76 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Mao was given about 6.3 times as often in California.
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