Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Bao**

#3,871 most common boys' name of all time · #9,435 across all names · 59% male / 41% female · used 1976–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among boys
#3,871
Rank overall
#9,435 of 105,966
First appeared
1976
Years on the list
50 of 146
All-time
1,430
Since 2016
106
Peak year
1990 #2,616
Best rank
#1,960 1986
Girls Boys peak 72/yr
198020002020

Bao first appears in 1976. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 — 10 10 #7,842
2024 — 13 13 #6,601
2023 — 10 10 #7,902
2022 — 5 5 #12,771
2021 — 11 11 #7,249
2020 — 6 6 #10,972
2019 — 12 12 #6,909
2018 — 10 10 #7,799
2017 — 11 11 #7,259
2016 — 18 18 #5,205
2015 — 22 22 #4,474
2014 — 15 15 #5,856
2013 — 18 18 #5,070
2012 — 16 16 #5,581
2011 — 21 21 #4,568
2010 — 15 15 #5,861
2009 — 20 20 #4,817
2008 — 12 12 #6,922
2007 — 14 14 #6,054
2006 — 8 8 #9,009
2005 — 11 11 #6,819
2004 — 15 15 #5,357
2003 — 17 17 #4,718
2002 8 11 19 #6,275
2001 7 15 22 #5,020
2000 7 17 24 #4,499
1999 6 16 22 #4,451
1998 16 13 29 #5,027
1997 8 20 28 #3,558
1996 16 16 32 #4,118
1995 25 27 52 #2,733
1994 33 30 63 #2,543
1993 29 29 58 #2,566
1992 40 17 57 #3,703
1991 39 30 69 #2,397
1990 46 26 72 #2,616
1989 33 22 55 #2,882
1988 38 23 61 #2,589
1987 28 25 53 #2,327
1986 19 31 50 #1,960
1985 31 26 57 #2,166
1984 36 19 55 #2,605
1983 33 27 60 #2,014
1982 26 23 49 #2,263
1981 32 23 55 #2,269
1980 18 17 35 #2,829
1979 — 10 10 #4,044
1978 — 11 11 #3,597
1977 6 8 14 #4,556
1976 — 8 8 #4,402