Tao
Tao is a distinctive choice, ranked #2952 in 2025. Your child is likely to be the only Tao in their class.
About the Name Tao
Tao is climbing rapidly up the charts, having climbed 315 places in just five years. Its best recorded rank was #1701 in 2023 — and current momentum suggests it could challenge that mark again. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1999.
Tao is rare in the UK, so your child is very likely to be the only Tao in their class.
⭐ Famous People Named Tao
- Tao Rodríguez-Seeger — Tao Rodríguez-Seeger is an American contemporary folk musician.
- Bu Tao — Bu Tao, (simplified Chinese: 卜涛; traditional Chinese: 卜濤; pinyin: Bǔ Tāo; born 15 January 1983) is a left-handed pitcher for the Chinese national baseball team.
- Terence Tao — Terence Chi-Shen Tao is an Australian mathematician who was awarded the Fields Medal in 2006 for his contributions to partial differential equations, combinatorics, harmonic analysis, and additive number theory.
Biographical summaries are shortened from Wikipedia and are used under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence; those summaries remain available under that same licence.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Tao
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In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Tao
Almost certainly the only Tao in the class
UK Popularity (1999–2025)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
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