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How popular is the name Bao?
Births per year, rank history and how many Baos are alive today.
Bao (male), a spelling of Bow, last appeared in the England and Wales name records in 2022 (ranked 4790th); fewer than three babies a year have been given the name since. This spelling of the name peaked in 2012, when 6 babies were given the name, the 3039th most popular that year.
Across all spellings of the name, the Bow you are most likely to meet is around 4 years old. Half of all Bows born in England and Wales are between 5 and 17, and there are at least 90 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 males, there's less than a 1% chance that anyone will be called Bow - on average, only one in every 3,367 such rooms contains a Bow.
How many babies are named Bao each year?
Includes all spellings: Bao, Bow. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Bao spelling rank?
Where does the Bow spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Bao most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Bow, peaked in 2022, when 9 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Bao spelling itself peaked in 2012, with 6 babies.
How many people are called Bao?
At least 90 people named Bao in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Bao?
Most living Baos are between 5 and 17; the most common age is about 4.
Is Bao becoming more or less popular?
It has faded from the rankings.