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Beau

Boy's name · #60 in the US (2025) · Trending

99% boys · 1% girls — Beau is also given to girls: 59 in 2025, about 1 in 75 in recent years. Beau →

Popularity over time

Beau is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1932, it stood at #60 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 66,000 boys have been named Beau along the way.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#23 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #24 in New Zealand (2025) · #25 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #34 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #64 in Canada (2025) · #108 in England & Wales (2025) · #149 in N. Ireland (2025) · #152 in Ireland (2025) · #176 in Netherlands (2025) · #243 in Scotland (2025) · #623 in Belgium (2025) · #977 in Sweden (2025) and 3 more.

Famous Beaus

• Beau Bridges — American actor (born 1941)
• Beau Biden — American politician and lawyer (1969–2015)
• Beau Mirchoff — Canadian actor (born 1989)
• Beau Brummell — English man of fashion (1778–1840)
• Beau Knapp — American actor (born 1989)

In stories & tradition

• Beau Felton — Homicide: Life on the Street (TV series)
• Beau Ramsey — Fictional character from Hollyoaks
• Beau Peep^it — Beau Peep (comics)

What Beaus become

Among 190 notable people named Beau:

Sports figures appear 2.54× more often than among typical names — e.g. Beau Hoopman, American rower (born 1980).

Similar names: Bo · Myles · Barrett · Archer · Malachi · Roman

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