Beau
A unisex name of French origin, meaning handsome.
How Beau has moved
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| Year | US rank |
|---|---|
| 2015 | #203 |
| 2016 | #189 |
| 2017 | #157 |
| 2018 | #151 |
| 2019 | #132 |
| 2020 | #109 |
| 2021 | #94 |
| 2022 | #89 |
| 2023 | #79 |
| 2024 | #69 |
| 2025 | #60 |
Beau by the numbers
In 2025, 487 babies in England and Wales were named Beau. In the US, 2,544 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
At its height, in 1980, about 1 in 1,500 American babies born that year was called Beau.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Beau. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Beauxbeautiful; handsome; plural of beau141 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Beau
Names that are said the same way as Beau, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Beashe who brings joy; a form of Beatrice44 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean beauty
Like Beau, each of these has beauty in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
- Bellabeautiful; a diminutive of Isabella4,616 in the US (2017)
- Kevinhandsome at birth3,813 in the US (2017)
- Finleyfair-haired warrior1,733 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mackenzieson of the fair one; surname used as given name2,976 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Beau
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