How Many People Are Named Yao?
people named Yao are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 3,224,385 people in the US has this name
Based on 108 babies named Yao in Social Security records from 1984 to 2023, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
10 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Yao in the records were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Yao alive today is about 20 years old, and 70% are under 30. Half of them were between 8 and 30 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Yao first appears in the records in 1984 and was given most often in 1984, to 10 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2023.
Babies given the name each year, 1984 to 2023
🏆 Rank History
Yao has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #4,206, in 1984.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #4,206 (1984) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #11,393 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Yao alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Yao were born in California than in any other state: about 10 of those alive today.
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