Mao
#14,861 most common girls' name of all time · #24,556 across all names · 3% male / 97% female · used 1980–2016
Rank among girls
#14,861
Rank overall
#24,556 of 105,966
First appeared
1980
Years on the list
28 of 146
All-time
295
Since 2016
5
Peak year
1991 #5,878
Best rank
#4,472 1983
Girls
Boys
peak 21/yr
Mao 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | — | 5 | #16,906 |
| 2011 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,471 |
| 2010 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,531 |
| 2009 | 5 | — | 5 | #18,074 |
| 2007 | 9 | — | 9 | #11,974 |
| 2006 | 7 | — | 7 | #14,099 |
| 2005 | 6 | — | 6 | #15,160 |
| 2003 | 7 | — | 7 | #12,920 |
| 2000 | 5 | — | 5 | #15,900 |
| 1999 | 7 | — | 7 | #11,956 |
| 1997 | 9 | — | 9 | #9,438 |
| 1996 | 14 | — | 14 | #6,610 |
| 1995 | 13 | — | 13 | #6,904 |
| 1994 | 5 | — | 5 | #14,454 |
| 1993 | 14 | 5 | 19 | #6,531 |
| 1992 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,670 |
| 1991 | 16 | 5 | 21 | #5,878 |
| 1990 | 10 | — | 10 | #8,337 |
| 1989 | 12 | — | 12 | #6,873 |
| 1988 | 11 | — | 11 | #7,038 |
| 1987 | 10 | — | 10 | #7,254 |
| 1986 | 16 | — | 16 | #4,938 |
| 1985 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,326 |
| 1984 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,765 |
| 1983 | 17 | — | 17 | #4,472 |
| 1982 | 10 | — | 10 | #6,861 |
| 1981 | 12 | — | 12 | #5,878 |
| 1980 | 9 | — | 9 | #7,402 |