Hao

maleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Hao: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Hao: Recorded since 1996, it reached #601 in 2008, and it stood at #4,789 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
26times a registrar ranked it
27years from first to last
#601highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Trend unknown

among girls in England and Wales · 2004

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2004	#4598

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

Trend unknownEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among boys in England and Wales in 20 of the 27 years from 1996 to 2022.

In 2014: #715 among boys in Republic of Ireland, #1421 among boys in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2863 among boys in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Boys
Highest recorded2008–2014
Highest recorded position: #601 among boys in Republic of Ireland, in 2008 (recorded 2008–2014).
Republic of Ireland · Boys
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #4789 among boys in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Boys

Hao appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Boys, which has ranked it in 20 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 197 births with the name.

Hao across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Hao's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Boys	#2863 (1996)	#1209 (2011)	#4789 (2022)	20 of 27	197 (1996–2022)	21 (2011)
Republic of Ireland · Boys	#601 (2008)	#601 (2008)	#715 (2014)	5 of 7	17 (2008–2014)	4 (2008)

Hao by decade in England and Wales · Boys

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Hao in England and Wales · Boys, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	3	1 of 10	3
2000s	76	8 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	111	9 of 10	12
2020s	7	2 of 10	4

Across England and Wales · Boys, the 2010s were its busiest decade — the 9 years of it this list covers, averaging 12 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Hao appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #601 in Republic of Ireland in 2008.

Hao's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2022	England and Wales	male	#4789	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	male	#3990	4	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	male	#3937	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	male	#3412	5	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	male	#2027	11	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	male	#2020	11	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	male	#1421	17	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	male	#2403	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	male	#1589	15	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	male	#1209	21	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	male	#1289	19	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	male	#1265	19	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	male	#1457	15	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	male	#1666	12	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	male	#1744	10	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	male	#2174	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#4598	3	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	male	#2578	5	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	male	#2220	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	male	#3036	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	male	#2863	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	male	#715	3	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	male	#616	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	male	#730	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	male	#701	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	male	#601	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2022, ranked in 20 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #601, first reached in 2008.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 21 births, registered in England and Wales in 2011.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 3 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 12 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Maksym · #601, 22y
Radu · #601, 18y
Ralfs · #601, 15y
Rhyan · #601, 22y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Davie · #601, 26y
Kory · #601, 30y
Rhyan · #601, 22y
Rob · #601, 11y

Hao was ranked #601 in Republic of Ireland · Boys in 2008. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Hao and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,577 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Hao without appearing here.

Hao moved ahead of

Shannon Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2578 and #2304 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1744 and #4052.
Tayla Compare
In 2005 they stood at #2174 and #2174 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2006 that had become #1744 and #2870.
Maddison Compare
In 2003 they stood at #3036 and #3036 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2004 that had become #2578 and #3651.
Joakim Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2863 and #2863 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2001 that had become #2220 and #3134.

Moved ahead of Hao

Rune Compare
In 2018 they stood at #3412 and #4749 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2019 that had become #3937 and #2104.
Gunnar Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2027 and #2556 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #1786.
Espen Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2027 and #3478 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #2693.
Matheo Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2027 and #3079 in England and Wales · Boys; by 2018 that had become #3412 and #2693.

Moved the opposite way to Hao

Albie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Hao went from #2863 to #4789 while Albie went from #853 to #29.
Alfie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Hao went from #2863 to #4789 while Alfie went from #119 to #17.
Alfred Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Hao went from #2863 to #4789 while Alfred went from #218 to #81.
Archie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Hao went from #2863 to #4789 while Archie went from #192 to #11.

Moved the same way as Hao

Aaron Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Hao went from #2863 to #4789 and Aaron from #33 to #135.
Adam Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Hao went from #2863 to #4789 and Adam from #16 to #41.
Adrian Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Hao went from #2863 to #4789 and Adrian from #204 to #298.
Alan Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Boys, Hao went from #2863 to #4789 and Alan from #163 to #472.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #601 in Republic of Ireland in 2008. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Hao

Hao at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Hao across 2 official records

Hao by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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Hao across 2 official records

Hao by decade in England and Wales · Boys

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