Bao
Mostly girls · BOW · Chinese
Bao is a name of Chinese origin, meaning “treasure, precious”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 7,675th for boys in the US (10 babies).
What does Bao mean?
Chinese: Chinese bao and Vietnamese Bao, often written with the character for 'treasure'
“treasure, precious”
In Chinese and Vietnamese it is often written with the character for 'treasure', though other characters are possible.
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Is Bao a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Bao has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 10 boys in the US.
How popular is Bao in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,990among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Bao, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 4 girls.
2025 had more girls named Bao than any year since 2020.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Bao in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
How popular is Bao in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #7,675among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 10about 1 in 170,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 10 boys in the US were named Bao, making it the 7,675th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1986, with 31 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the boys named Bao in the US since 1880 were born between 1987 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 1996, 50% of the babies named Bao in the US were girls.
Bao in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #7,675 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 10 | #7,733 |
| 2022 | 5 | #12,322 |
| 2021 | 11 | #7,084 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 11 | #7,091 |
| 2016 | 18 | #5,120 |
| 2015 | 22 | #4,405 |
| 2014 | 15 | #5,729 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 16 | #5,476 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 15 | #5,737 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 12 | #6,758 |
| 2007 | 14 | #5,898 |
| 2006 | 8 | #8,726 |
| 2005 | 11 | #6,628 |
| 2004 | 15 | #5,241 |
| 2003 | 17 | #4,611 |
| 2002 | 11 | #6,081 |
| 2001 | 15 | #4,884 |
| 2000 | 17 | #4,383 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 13 | #4,868 |
| 1997 | 20 | #3,450 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 27 | #2,680 |
| 1994 | 30 | #2,497 |
| 1993 | 29 | #2,503 |
| 1992 | 17 | #3,597 |
| 1991 | 30 | #2,338 |
| 1990 | 26 | #2,548 |
| 1989 | 22 | #2,778 |
| 1988 | 23 | #2,504 |
| 1987 | 25 | #2,268 |
| 1986 | 31 | #1,915 |
| 1985 | 26 | #2,115 |
| 1984 | 19 | #2,528 |
| 1983 | 27 | #1,954 |
| 1982 | 23 | #2,206 |
| 1981 | 23 | #2,203 |
| 1980 | 17 | #2,728 |
| 1979 | 10 | #3,808 |
| 1978 | 11 | #3,399 |
| 1977 | 8 | #4,162 |
| 1976 | 8 | #4,010 |
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