Ao
Masculine
Ao entered the US charts in 2018, peaked at #9763 in 2023, ranks #12008 in 2025 — given to only a few children a year.
How old is the name Ao?
Ao first appears in US birth records in 2018 — 7 years ago. Ao is overwhelmingly a brand-new baby name right now — most Aos are still in diapers. Fewer than a hundred people named Ao are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
When was the name Ao most popular?
Ao peaked in 2023, reaching #9763 nationally. Today it ranks #12008, 2,245 places below that high. See the whole 2023 chart.
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 2018
- Most boys named
- 20237 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #9763reached in 2023
- Change vs 2023
- −28.6%5 in 2025, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Aos among us
Fewer than a hundred people named Ao are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
About 1 boy in 341,615 born in 2025 was named Ao
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Sovann test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Ao's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Sovann climbed just as high around 2007, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Sovann's path sketches the road Ao is walking now.
Ao sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Ao beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Ao in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
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Ao
Masculine · #12008 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Aos are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. Fewer than a hundred people named Ao are estimated to be alive in the US today — a true one-of-a-kind name.
- How popular is the name Ao in 2025?
- Ao ranks #12008 among US boy names in 2025, with 5 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Ao?
- About 1 in every 341,615 US boys born in 2025 was named Ao — 5 in all.
- Will my child share the name Ao with classmates?
- Ao will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Ao
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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