Beau

boys’ nameAt its peakCompare

Beau is ranked 69th among boys in 2024 (4,694 births). Its best rank was 69th, in 2024.

Rank in 2024: #69up 11 from 2023
Births in 2024: 4,6940.27% of boys
Peak year: 20244,694 births
Best rank: #69in 2024
Since 1932: 60,409people given the name

Babies named Beau, by year of birthboys

The story in the numbers

60,409 boys have been named Beau in the United States since 1932, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 2024, with 4,694 births — 0.27% of all boys recorded that year.

It has never been more used than now: its record year is 2024, within the last few years of data.

Half of everyone given the name was born by 2015, and the 2020s alone account for 33%. It has spent 57 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 4 of them in the top 100.

Rank among boys, year by year

Higher on the chart = more popularrank (gaps = outside the top 1,000)

By decade

Decade	boys named Beau
1930s	5
1940s	68
1950s	123
1960s	472
1970s	3,147
1980s	7,174
1990s	5,616
2000s	6,133
2010s	17,765
2020s	19,906

In 2024, its biggest year

Beau was the 69th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 2024 were Liam, Noah, Oliver, Theodore and James. See all of 2024.

Names that rose and fell with Beau

Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.

What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.