Tao
#7,812 most common boys' name of all time · #19,653 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1970–2025
Rank among boys
#7,812
Rank overall
#19,653 of 105,966
First appeared
1970
Years on the list
42 of 146
All-time
443
Since 2016
131
Peak year
2021 #4,828
Best rank
#3,655 1973
Girls
Boys
peak 20/yr
Tao first appears in 1970. 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 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,676 |
| 2024 | — | 8 | 8 | #9,192 |
| 2023 | — | 12 | 12 | #7,010 |
| 2022 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,695 |
| 2021 | — | 20 | 20 | #4,828 |
| 2020 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,223 |
| 2019 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,379 |
| 2018 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,458 |
| 2017 | — | 11 | 11 | #7,216 |
| 2016 | — | 17 | 17 | #5,396 |
| 2015 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,823 |
| 2014 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,405 |
| 2013 | — | 7 | 7 | #9,918 |
| 2012 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,804 |
| 2011 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,759 |
| 2010 | — | 16 | 16 | #5,569 |
| 2009 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,888 |
| 2008 | — | 9 | 9 | #8,524 |
| 2007 | — | 12 | 12 | #6,761 |
| 2006 | — | 13 | 13 | #6,201 |
| 2005 | — | 10 | 10 | #7,263 |
| 2004 | — | 9 | 9 | #7,716 |
| 2003 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,400 |
| 2002 | — | 15 | 15 | #5,014 |
| 2001 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,166 |
| 2000 | — | 11 | 11 | #6,071 |
| 1999 | — | 6 | 6 | #9,033 |
| 1997 | — | 5 | 5 | #9,677 |
| 1995 | — | 6 | 6 | #8,152 |
| 1991 | — | 6 | 6 | #7,653 |
| 1989 | — | 7 | 7 | #6,578 |
| 1986 | — | 6 | 6 | #6,351 |
| 1985 | — | 5 | 5 | #7,045 |
| 1984 | — | 10 | 10 | #4,109 |
| 1980 | 10 | 9 | 19 | #4,370 |
| 1978 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,323 |
| 1977 | — | 5 | 5 | #6,434 |
| 1975 | — | 5 | 5 | #5,985 |
| 1974 | — | 7 | 7 | #4,531 |
| 1973 | — | 9 | 9 | #3,655 |
| 1972 | — | 8 | 8 | #3,915 |
| 1970 | — | 6 | 6 | #4,713 |