Beau
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Beau is a name of French origin, meaning “handsome, beautiful”. In 2025 it ranked 113th for boys in the UK (519 babies) and 60th for boys in the US (5,165 babies).
What does Beau mean?
French
“handsome, beautiful”
Beau Brummell, the Regency dandy, made 'beau' a byword for a fashionable man.
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Is Beau a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Beau has been given to girls and boys, mostly boys. In 2025, it was given to 92 girls and 519 boys in the UK and 59 girls and 5,165 boys in the US.
How popular is Beau in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #113among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 519about 1 in 580 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.4%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 519 boys in the UK were named Beau, making it the 113th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 140th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 545 boys. 92 girls were also named Beau in 2025 (478th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years.
Half of all the boys named Beau in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 15% of the babies named Beau in the UK were girls.
Among boys in 2025, it was 108th in England and Wales, 243rd in Scotland and 149th in Northern Ireland.
Beau in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 519 | #113 |
| 2024 | 518 | #114 |
| 2023 | 508 | #119 |
| 2022 | 476 | #131 |
| 2021 | 545 | #121 |
| 2020 | 447 | #140 |
| 2019 | 337 | #175 |
| 2018 | 282 | #214 |
| 2017 | 329 | #187 |
| 2016 | 319 | #199 |
| 2015 | 306 | #209 |
| 2014 | 307 | #208 |
| 2013 | 333 | #194 |
| 2012 | 349 | #191 |
| 2011 | 300 | #202 |
| 2010 | 314 | #193 |
| 2009 | 308 | #192 |
| 2008 | 216 | #237 |
| 2007 | 144 | #306 |
| 2006 | 125 | #307 |
| 2005 | 133 | #278 |
| 2004 | 107 | #315 |
| 2003 | 86 | #353 |
| 2002 | 59 | #430 |
| 2001 | 46 | #498 |
| 2000 | 20 | #882 |
| 1999 | 24 | #755 |
| 1998 | 30 | #657 |
| 1997 | 29 | #641 |
| 1996 | 41 | #487 |
How popular is Beau in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #60among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5,165about 1 in 330 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 4.2%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5,165 boys in the US were named Beau, making it the 60th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 109th. It first appears in the records in 1932. 59 girls were also named Beau in 2025 (2,859th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 19 years. 2025 had the most boys named Beau of any year since it first appeared, in 1932.
Half of all the boys named Beau in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 6,153 boys in the US were given Beau or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #51, up from #60 for this spelling alone.
Beau in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5,165 | #60 |
| 2024 | 4,704 | #69 |
| 2023 | 4,100 | #81 |
| 2022 | 3,958 | #90 |
| 2021 | 3,815 | #94 |
| 2020 | 3,344 | #109 |
| 2019 | 2,933 | #132 |
| 2018 | 2,598 | #151 |
| 2017 | 2,511 | #157 |
| 2016 | 2,125 | #188 |
| 2015 | 1,980 | #203 |
| 2014 | 1,634 | #230 |
| 2013 | 1,300 | #272 |
| 2012 | 1,069 | #310 |
| 2011 | 852 | #352 |
| 2010 | 766 | #375 |
| 2009 | 751 | #397 |
| 2008 | 749 | #396 |
| 2007 | 691 | #422 |
| 2006 | 624 | #437 |
| 2005 | 646 | #416 |
| 2004 | 649 | #402 |
| 2003 | 612 | #420 |
| 2002 | 452 | #504 |
| 2001 | 453 | #504 |
| 2000 | 507 | #467 |
| 1999 | 469 | #477 |
| 1998 | 498 | #449 |
| 1997 | 469 | #466 |
| 1996 | 528 | #426 |
| 1995 | 520 | #440 |
| 1994 | 588 | #395 |
| 1993 | 535 | #423 |
| 1992 | 585 | #390 |
| 1991 | 693 | #350 |
| 1990 | 732 | #337 |
| 1989 | 574 | #384 |
| 1988 | 594 | #350 |
| 1987 | 514 | #375 |
| 1986 | 664 | #308 |
| 1985 | 660 | #310 |
| 1984 | 698 | #292 |
| 1983 | 559 | #331 |
| 1982 | 677 | #296 |
| 1981 | 1,027 | #229 |
| 1980 | 1,207 | #203 |
| 1979 | 666 | #299 |
| 1978 | 478 | #352 |
| 1977 | 489 | #355 |
| 1976 | 373 | #401 |
| 1975 | 250 | #506 |
| 1974 | 207 | #557 |
| 1973 | 186 | #581 |
| 1972 | 155 | #635 |
| 1971 | 174 | #628 |
| 1970 | 167 | #627 |
| 1969 | 89 | #817 |
| 1968 | 53 | #1,017 |
| 1967 | 56 | #968 |
| 1966 | 52 | #1,007 |
| 1965 | 47 | #1,081 |
| 1964 | 41 | #1,198 |
| 1963 | 36 | #1,304 |
| 1962 | 44 | #1,171 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,261 |
| 1960 | 15 | #2,120 |
| 1959 | 22 | #1,708 |
| 1958 | 15 | #2,092 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 8 | #2,967 |
| 1955 | 20 | #1,724 |
| 1954 | 6 | #3,450 |
| 1953 | 20 | #1,708 |
| 1952 | 13 | #2,152 |
| 1951 | 9 | #2,660 |
| 1950 | 10 | #2,437 |
| 1949 | 5 | #3,688 |
| 1948 | 6 | #3,315 |
| 1947 | 6 | #3,369 |
| 1946 | 10 | #2,402 |
| 1945 | 5 | #3,337 |
| 1944 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 1943 | 5 | #3,536 |
| 1942 | 5 | #3,559 |
| 1941 | 12 | #2,083 |
| 1940 | 8 | #2,671 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
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