Mao is a very rare variant of Mae that was most common in the 1990s and has all but disappeared.
Mao is predominantly a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2016. Mao was first reported in SSA data in 1980 and peaked in 1983 (17 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2016 | 5 | 5 | #17,891 | — |
| 2011 | 9 | 9 | #11,804 | — |
| 2010 | 6 | 6 | #16,239 | — |
| 2009 | 5 | 5 | #19,130 | — |
| 2007 | 9 | 9 | #12,297 | — |
| 2006 | 7 | 7 | #14,552 | — |
| 2005 | 6 | 6 | #15,725 | — |
| 2003 | 7 | 7 | #13,315 | — |
| 2000 | 5 | 5 | #16,622 | — |
| 1999 | 7 | 7 | #12,180 | — |
| 1997 | 9 | — | #9,512 | — |
| 1996 | 14 | — | #6,606 | — |
| 1995 | 13 | — | #6,889 | — |
| 1994 | 5 | — | #14,838 | — |
| 1993 | 19 | — | #6,481 | #9,623 |
| 1992 | 17 | — | #5,625 | — |
| 1991 | 21 | — | #5,842 | #9,095 |
| 1990 | 10 | — | #8,272 | — |
| 1989 | 12 | — | #6,793 | — |
| 1988 | 11 | — | #6,933 | — |
| 1987 | 10 | — | #7,129 | — |
| 1986 | 16 | — | #4,877 | — |
| 1985 | 14 | — | #5,228 | — |
| 1984 | 10 | — | #6,573 | — |
| 1983 | 17 | — | #4,397 | — |
| 1982 | 10 | — | #6,660 | — |
| 1981 | 12 | — | #5,768 | — |
| 1980 | 9 | — | #7,144 | — |