Kao**
#5,868 most common boys' name of all time · #14,611 across all names · 66% male / 34% female · used 1980–2025 · genuinely unisex
Rank among boys
#5,868
Rank overall
#14,611 of 105,966
First appeared
1980
Years on the list
33 of 146
All-time
719
Since 2016
50
Peak year
1981 #1,547
Best rank
#1,547 1981
Girls
Boys
peak 54/yr
Kao first appears in 1980. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,154 |
| 2023 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,744 |
| 2020 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,563 |
| 2019 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,858 |
| 2018 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,401 |
| 2017 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,116 |
| 2016 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,755 |
| 2015 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,301 |
| 2012 | — | 7 | 7 | #10,058 |
| 2011 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,294 |
| 2007 | — | 6 | 6 | #11,377 |
| 2006 | — | 5 | 5 | #12,646 |
| 2004 | — | 5 | 5 | #11,954 |
| 2000 | 6 | — | 6 | — |
| 1998 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #7,178 |
| 1997 | 7 | 8 | 15 | #6,992 |
| 1996 | 5 | 10 | 15 | #5,806 |
| 1995 | 15 | 15 | 30 | #4,213 |
| 1994 | 15 | 18 | 33 | #3,722 |
| 1993 | 13 | 17 | 30 | #3,789 |
| 1992 | 13 | 32 | 45 | #2,351 |
| 1991 | 24 | 18 | 42 | #3,443 |
| 1990 | 17 | 19 | 36 | #3,291 |
| 1989 | 21 | 25 | 46 | #2,611 |
| 1988 | 13 | 20 | 33 | #2,856 |
| 1987 | 8 | 22 | 30 | #2,556 |
| 1986 | 16 | 18 | 34 | #2,888 |
| 1985 | 13 | 14 | 27 | #3,392 |
| 1984 | 8 | 22 | 30 | #2,363 |
| 1983 | 14 | 30 | 44 | #1,862 |
| 1982 | 6 | 28 | 34 | #1,998 |
| 1981 | 14 | 40 | 54 | #1,547 |
| 1980 | 9 | 23 | 32 | #2,283 |