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Beau

Pronounced /boʊ/

Rank in 2024
#69
Born in 2024
4,694
Peak year
2024 · #69
Origin
Not recorded

1880 to 2024

Rising
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 4,694 boys were named Beau, about 1 in every 365.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1932.
  • 60,409 boys have been named Beau since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Beau per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0
    Greatest
  2. <0.1
    Silent
  3. <0.1
    Boomers
  4. 0.2
    Gen X
  5. 0.3
    Millennials
  6. 0.3
    Gen Z
  7. 1.6
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 0 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 46 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 325 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 4,651 babies, 0.17 per 1,000. Millennials: 10,147 babies, 0.33 per 1,000. Gen Z: 10,256 babies, 0.33 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 34,984 babies, 1.61 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Shortened from surname type given names such as Beauregard or Beaumont, or from the French word beau.

  • A male given name used since mid-twentieth century.
Origin
Not recorded
Say it
/boʊ/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Beau, CC BY-SA 4.0.