How Many People Are Named Beau?
people named Beau are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 5,244 people in the US has this name
Based on 66,603 babies named Beau in Social Security records from 1932 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
5,224 births
Trend
Rising (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "beautiful" in French. It has been occasionally used as an American given name since the late 19th century. It appears in Margaret Mitchell's novel 'Gone with the Wind' (1936) as the name of Ashley and Melanie's son.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Of the babies given the name Beau, 1.5% were girls and 98.5% were boys.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Beau alive today is about 15 years old, and 79% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 24 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Beau first appears in the records in 1932, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 5,224 babies.
Babies given the name each year, 1932 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Beau never made the top 10 boys' names. Its best rank was #60, in 2025, and it was in the top 100 for 5 years, 2021 to 2025. In 2025 it ranked #60.
| Boys | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #60 |
| Best rank | #60 (2025) |
| Years in the top 100 | 5 (2021 to 2025) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #80 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Beau alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Beau were born in California than in any other state: about 5,748 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Beau was given 3.8 times as often in Montana, 3.3 times in Wyoming and 2.7 times in North Dakota.
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