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Bo

Rank in 2024
#451
Born in 2024
692
Peak year
2024 · #451
Origin
French, Germanic

1880 to 2024

Rising
00.20.40.618801900192019401960198020002020
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 692 boys were named Bo, about 1 in every 2,479.
  • 2024 is its biggest year on record.
  • It first shows up in the records in 1907.
  • 14,282 boys have been named Bo since 1880.

Who else has this name

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

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

Greatest: 70 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 43 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 309 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 919 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Millennials: 3,257 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,574 babies, 0.11 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 6,110 babies, 0.28 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

Either borrowed from modern Danish Bo or Swedish Bo, or a spelling variant of the male given name Beau. ==== Proper noun ==== Bo A male given name of occasional usage since the 1970s. A male given name from the Germanic languages A male given name from French, variant of Beau A diminutive of the male given name Beauregard A diminutive of the male given name Beaumont

  • A male given name of occasional usage since the 1970s.
  • A male given name from the Germanic languages
  • A male given name from French, variant of Beau
  • A diminutive of the male given name Beauregard
Origin
French, Germanic
Say it
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From Wiktionary’s entry for Bo, CC BY-SA 4.0.