Kao was the #8,910 boys' name in the US in 2025 (8 babies).
Kao as a boy’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2025
#8,910 (8)
2023
#12,239 (5)
2020
#12,022 (5)
2019
#7,643 (10)
2018
#8,154 (9)
2017
#8,840 (8)
2016
#12,185 (5)
2015
#8,040 (9)
2012
#9,709 (7)
2011
#10,808 (6)
2007
#10,921 (6)
2006
#12,055 (5)
2004
#11,356 (5)
1998
#6,843 (8)
1997
#6,618 (8)
Kao as a girl’s name
US
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list.Official rank; #1 at the top. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.Show the numbers
Year
US
2000
#13,154 (6)
1998
#11,138 (7)
1997
#10,836 (7)
1996
#13,518 (5)
1995
#5,958 (15)
1994
#5,984 (15)
1993
#6,622 (13)
1992
#6,652 (13)
1991
#4,208 (24)
1990
#5,286 (17)
1989
#4,358 (21)
1988
#5,895 (13)
1987
#7,987 (8)
1986
#4,724 (16)
1985
#5,348 (13)
The tide so far
Peaked in the US in 1981 at #1,520.
Rising over the last five years.
First recorded in the US in 1980.
In 1998, 47% of US babies named Kao were girls.
How common is it?
about 1 in 200,000 baby boys in the published US list for 2025.
In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.