# Hao (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/hao/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 454 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 449 / 5 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 200, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 5 | 14,297 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 18 | 4,935 |
| 2007 | 12 | 6,796 |
| 2008 | 17 | 5,327 |
| 2009 | 7 | 10,233 |
| 2010 | 9 | 8,366 |
| 2011 | 16 | 5,509 |
| 2012 | 13 | 6,439 |
| 2013 | 7 | 10,038 |
| 2014 | 7 | 10,018 |
| 2015 | 12 | 6,818 |
| 2016 | 8 | 9,151 |
| 2017 | 12 | 6,841 |
| 2020 | 6 | 11,093 |
| 2021 | 5 | 12,802 |
| 2025 | 6 | 11,154 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 3 | 4,598 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2006 | 10 | 1,744 |
| 2007 | 12 | 1,666 |
| 2008 | 15 | 1,457 |
| 2009 | 19 | 1,265 |
| 2010 | 19 | 1,289 |
| 2011 | 21 | 1,209 |
| 2012 | 15 | 1,589 |
| 2013 | 8 | 2,403 |
| 2014 | 17 | 1,421 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 11 | 2,027 |
| 2018 | 5 | 3,412 |
| 2019 | 4 | 3,937 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 3 | 4,789 |

## People named Hao

- Wang Hao, Chinese racewalker
- Chen Hao, actress and singer
- Chang Hao, Chinese synchronised swimmer
- You Hao, Chinese artistic gymnast
- Zhang Hao, Chinese singer (born 2000)
- Hao Wang, Chinese-American mathematician and philosopher (1921–1995)
- Liu Hao, Chinese sprint canoeist born 1993
- Jing Hao, Chinese (Tang Dynasty) landscape painter (855-915)
- Ning Hao, Chinese film director and screenwriter (born 1977)
- Chang Hao, Chinese go player
- Tang Hao, Chinese lawyer
- Cui Hao, Chinese writer, historian and politician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.