Hao
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- HOW
- Origin
- Chinese
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Hao is a boys' name of Chinese origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Hao mean?
Chinese: Chinese name; meaning depends on the character
A Chinese name; depending on the character it can mean vast (浩), heroic (豪) or good (好).
Is Hao a girl's or a boy's name?
Hao is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Hao in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2011, with 24 boys.
Half of all the boys named Hao in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hao in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 3 | #5,017 |
| 2021 | 4 | #4,188 |
| 2020 | 2 | #6,082 |
| 2019 | 5 | #3,597 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 1 | #6,312 |
| 2016 | 15 | #1,723 |
| 2015 | 12 | #1,990 |
| 2014 | 19 | #1,406 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,334 |
| 2012 | 19 | #1,405 |
| 2011 | 24 | #1,164 |
| 2010 | 21 | #1,288 |
| 2009 | 20 | #1,290 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,490 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,605 |
| 2006 | 11 | #1,742 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 1 | #4,616 |
| 2002 | 1 | #4,262 |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,049 |
| 2000 | 4 | #2,612 |
| 1999 | 1 | #3,925 |
| 1998 | 1 | #3,884 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #2,949 |
How popular is Hao in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,690th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Hao, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 10,599th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 20 boys. It first appears in the records in 1976.
2025 had more boys named Hao than any year since 2020.
Half of all the boys named Hao in the US since 1880 were born between 1991 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Hao in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #12,141 |
| 2020 | 6 | #10,599 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 12 | #6,681 |
| 2016 | 8 | #8,811 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 7 | #9,650 |
| 2012 | 13 | #6,300 |
| 2011 | 16 | #5,429 |
| 2010 | 9 | #8,133 |
| 2009 | 7 | #9,859 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 12 | #6,618 |
| 2006 | 18 | #4,861 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 18 | #4,597 |
| 2003 | 10 | #6,708 |
| 2002 | 19 | #4,182 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 16 | #4,567 |
| 1999 | 13 | #5,029 |
| 1998 | 14 | #4,645 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 15 | #4,046 |
| 1994 | 7 | #6,962 |
| 1993 | 9 | #5,764 |
| 1992 | 20 | #3,213 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 14 | #3,518 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 6 | #5,920 |
| 1985 | 6 | #5,780 |
| 1984 | 9 | #4,212 |
| 1983 | 10 | #3,882 |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 13 | #3,219 |
| 1980 | 6 | #5,523 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
Names like Hao
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yug, Minh, Shko, Tai, Loki, Kairo, Rumi, Yoan, Guto, Yitzchok, Taio, Dakota
More Chinese names
Lian, Jia, Mei, Tian, Jun, Mulan, Yi, Tao, San, Jian, Han, Mian, Bao, Xia, Lin, Yichen
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Hao: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/hao, updated 20 October 2026.