Sao
Sao is a name with a single cultural origin: Greek Mythology.
- Greek Mythology
Meaning & Origin of Sao
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Sao is a name with a single cultural origin: Greek Mythology.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Greek Mythology
The Story of Sao
Sao first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby boy name in 1983, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 1983: 5 births, good for #6,237 nationwide. Sao last appeared in the published SSA data in 1987, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 10 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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About the name Sao
Sao is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1983 and has accumulated 10 births in the dataset. Sao's peak popularity came in 1983 when it ranked #6,237. Use the chart and map above to compare Sao's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.