Beau
A unisex name of French origin, meaning handsome.
Babies a year
487
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Common
among names in use
US popularity
#60
up from #69
UK popularity
#108
487 babies · up from #110
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 |
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.
Looking further back: between 1880 and 2008, Beau was most common in 1980, when it went to 0.07% of American babies of that sex.
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