Primarily a boy's name · 98% boys
Origin: DutchBeau is a given name, nickname and surname. Notable people with the name include:
From Wikipedia
In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Beau yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.
Beau's growth, 187% over the past decade, brought both its count and rank to new highs together in 2024: 4,694 births at #69.
Its data history is shorter than most names in this range — the first recorded year is 1932, more than five decades after the dataset's 1880 start.
Beau Biden, son of the former president, is the most politically visible bearer, alongside actor Beau Bridges — a small but concentrated namesake list for a name still relatively new to significant popularity.
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Rank is among all boys' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1932 | 5 | #3,821 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,681 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,090 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,606 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,586 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,131 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,373 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,410 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,400 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,348 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,734 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,448 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,676 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 1953 | 20 | #1,715 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,481 |
| 1955 | 20 | #1,729 |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,987 |
| 1958 | 15 | #2,104 |
| 1959 | 22 | #1,722 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,264 |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,172 |
| 1963 | 36 | #1,307 |
| 1964 | 41 | #1,200 |
| 1965 | 47 | #1,081 |
| 1966 | 52 | #1,007 |
| 1967 | 56 | #968 |
| 1968 | 53 | #1,018 |
| 1969 | 89 | #817 |
| 1970 | 167 | #627 |
| 1971 | 175 | #626 |
| 1972 | 155 | #635 |
| 1973 | 186 | #581 |
| 1974 | 207 | #557 |
| 1975 | 251 | #505 |
| 1976 | 373 | #401 |
| 1977 | 489 | #355 |
| 1978 | 478 | #352 |
| 1979 | 666 | #299 |
| 1980 | 1,207 | #203 |
| 1981 | 1,027 | #229 |
| 1982 | 677 | #296 |
| 1983 | 558 | #333 |
| 1984 | 698 | #292 |
| 1985 | 661 | #310 |
| 1986 | 664 | #308 |
| 1987 | 514 | #375 |
| 1988 | 594 | #350 |
| 1989 | 574 | #384 |
| 1990 | 732 | #337 |
| 1991 | 693 | #351 |
| 1992 | 585 | #390 |
| 1993 | 535 | #423 |
| 1994 | 587 | #396 |
| 1995 | 520 | #440 |
| 1996 | 528 | #427 |
| 1997 | 469 | #466 |
| 1998 | 498 | #449 |
| 1999 | 469 | #477 |
| 2000 | 507 | #467 |
| 2001 | 453 | #504 |
| 2002 | 452 | #504 |
| 2003 | 612 | #420 |
| 2004 | 649 | #402 |
| 2005 | 645 | #416 |
| 2006 | 624 | #437 |
| 2007 | 691 | #422 |
| 2008 | 749 | #396 |
| 2009 | 751 | #397 |
| 2010 | 766 | #375 |
| 2011 | 852 | #352 |
| 2012 | 1,069 | #310 |
| 2013 | 1,300 | #272 |
| 2014 | 1,634 | #230 |
| 2015 | 1,980 | #203 |
| 2016 | 2,124 | #190 |
| 2017 | 2,511 | #157 |
| 2018 | 2,597 | #151 |
| 2019 | 2,932 | #132 |
| 2020 | 3,344 | #109 |
| 2021 | 3,815 | #94 |
| 2022 | 3,955 | #90 |
| 2023 | 4,098 | #80 |
| 2024 | 4,694 | #69 |
