Dao
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as girls
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1983
16 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
282
since 1980
Born a Dao? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as girls
Recorded as boys
Dao was most popular in 1983, when 16 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Dao in 2025. Not recorded since 2018.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 5 | 12156 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2016 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2008 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 5 | 12055 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 5 | 11356 |
| 2003 | 5 | 15784 | 7 | 8643 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2001 | <5 | — | 7 | 8339 |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | 6 | 12426 | 5 | 9631 |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | 7 | 7136 |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 5 | 8868 |
| 1994 | 6 | 11778 | 9 | 5868 |
| 1993 | 8 | 9559 | 10 | 5360 |
| 1992 | 7 | 10479 | 10 | 5236 |
| 1991 | 8 | 9336 | 16 | 3636 |
| 1990 | <5 | — | 7 | 6415 |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 13 | 4017 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 7 | 5751 |
| 1987 | 8 | 7987 | 12 | 3731 |
| 1986 | 5 | 10912 | 15 | 3131 |
| 1985 | 6 | 9307 | 7 | 5147 |
| 1984 | 5 | 10422 | 10 | 3925 |
| 1983 | <5 | — | 16 | 2787 |
| 1982 | 10 | 6371 | 10 | 3966 |
| 1981 | 7 | 8128 | 6 | 5468 |
| 1980 | 7 | 8178 | <5 | — |
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Recorded as girls 31% · boys 69% across all years