Yao
Rank in 2025
—
recorded as boys
Babies in 2025
Fewer than 5
Peak year
1984
10 babies recorded as boys
All-time total
108
since 1984
Born a Yao? See how many share your birth year.
Any year from 1880 to 2025.
Babies per 1,000 (same sex), 1880–2025
Recorded as boys
Yao was most popular in 1984, when 10 babies recorded as boys got the name (0.01 per 1,000). Fewer than 5 babies were recorded as Yao in 2025. Compared with 2018–2020, it's down 31%.
Show every year
| Year | Girls | Rank | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2024 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2023 | <5 | — | 5 | 12239 |
| 2022 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2021 | <5 | — | 5 | 12146 |
| 2020 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2019 | <5 | — | 5 | 12145 |
| 2018 | <5 | — | 5 | 12156 |
| 2017 | <5 | — | 8 | 8840 |
| 2016 | <5 | — | 5 | 12185 |
| 2015 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2014 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2013 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2012 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2011 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2010 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2009 | <5 | — | 6 | 10994 |
| 2008 | <5 | — | 5 | 12553 |
| 2007 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2006 | <5 | — | 7 | 9585 |
| 2005 | <5 | — | 7 | 9115 |
| 2004 | <5 | — | 6 | 9948 |
| 2003 | <5 | — | 6 | 9581 |
| 2002 | <5 | — | 5 | 10667 |
| 2001 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 2000 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1999 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1998 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1997 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1996 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1995 | <5 | — | 7 | 6992 |
| 1994 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1993 | <5 | — | 6 | 7638 |
| 1992 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1991 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1990 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1989 | <5 | — | 5 | 7905 |
| 1988 | <5 | — | 5 | 7270 |
| 1987 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1986 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1985 | <5 | — | <5 | — |
| 1984 | <5 | — | 10 | 3925 |
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