Top Baby Names

Origin and Meaning of First Names.

Hao

Gender

Male

Origin

Vietnamese
good (also a girls name)

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Hao

Pronunciation

hao

Popularity in the USA

  • Boys: peak in 1992 (rank #3219, 20 births); most recent 2025 (rank #10695, 6 births)
  • Girls: peak in 1996 (rank #13513, 5 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearBoysGirls
20256–
2024––
2023––
2022––
20215–
20206–
2019––
2018––
201712–
20168–

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Boys: peak in 2011 (rank #1209, 21 births); most recent 2022 (rank #4783, 3 births)
  • Girls: peak in 2004 (rank #4584, 3 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearBoysGirls
2025––
2024––
2023––
20223–
20214–
2020––
20194–
20185–
2017––
201611–

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Boys: peak in 2014 (rank #4203, 4 births); most recent 2019 (rank #4925, 3 births)
Births by year in France
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
20193
2018–
2017–
20163
2015–
20144

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Boys: peak in 2012 (rank #616, 4 births); most recent 2014 (rank #715, 3 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Boys: peak in 2016 (rank #592, 4 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearBoys
2025–
2024–
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
20164

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Boys: peak in 2014 (rank #588, 5 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearBoys
2023–
2022–
2021–
2020–
2019–
2018–
2017–
2016–
2015–
20145

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence