Names / Unisex names
Nao
Current rank
—
outside the top 1,000
All-time peak
#8,405
in 1998
First recorded
1980
in U.S. data
Children named
118
since 1980
Popularity over time
Annual U.S. children given the name · Peak #8,405 in 1998 · Source: Social Security Administration
Meaning & background
Recorded as a unisex name, Nao first appears in 1980. These days it lands below the top 1,000, so it still feels distinctive. Only about 118 children have carried it, making it genuinely rare.