Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Beau

#423 most common boys' name of all time · #926 across all names · 98% male / 2% female · used 1932–2025

Rank among boys
#423
Rank overall
#926 of 105,966
First appeared
1932
Years on the list
86 of 146
All-time
66,603
Since 2016
35,782
Peak year
2025 #60
Best rank
#60 2025
Girls Boys peak 5,224/yr
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Beau first appears in 1932. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 59 5,165 5,224 #60
2024 66 4,704 4,770 #69
2023 52 4,100 4,152 #81
2022 59 3,958 4,017 #90
2021 57 3,815 3,872 #94
2020 49 3,344 3,393 #109
2019 46 2,933 2,979 #132
2018 49 2,598 2,647 #151
2017 51 2,511 2,562 #157
2016 41 2,125 2,166 #189
2015 44 1,980 2,024 #203
2014 45 1,634 1,679 #230
2013 45 1,300 1,345 #272
2012 39 1,069 1,108 #310
2011 27 852 879 #352
2010 23 766 789 #375
2009 13 751 764 #397
2008 15 749 764 #396
2007 20 691 711 #422
2006 21 624 645 #437
2005 13 646 659 #416
2004 16 649 665 #402
2003 17 612 629 #422
2002 6 452 458 #506
2001 6 453 459 #505
2000 507 507 #467
1999 7 469 476 #477
1998 498 498 #450
1997 469 469 #466
1996 528 528 #427
1995 6 520 526 #440
1994 5 588 593 #396
1993 535 535 #423
1992 5 585 590 #391
1991 6 693 699 #352
1990 5 732 737 #337
1989 8 574 582 #384
1988 594 594 #350
1987 5 514 519 #377
1986 8 664 672 #308
1985 6 660 666 #310
1984 6 698 704 #292
1983 8 559 567 #333
1982 10 677 687 #297
1981 12 1,027 1,039 #229
1980 23 1,207 1,230 #203
1979 7 666 673 #299
1978 478 478 #353
1977 5 489 494 #355
1976 373 373 #402
1975 250 250 #507
1974 207 207 #558
1973 186 186 #583
1972 155 155 #638
1971 174 174 #629
1970 167 167 #628
1969 89 89 #820
1968 53 53 #1,024
1967 56 56 #978
1966 52 52 #1,014
1965 47 47 #1,090
1964 41 41 #1,217
1963 36 36 #1,315
1962 44 44 #1,185
1961 39 39 #1,278
1960 15 15 #2,198
1959 22 22 #1,751
1958 15 15 #2,169
1956 8 8 #3,161
1955 20 20 #1,782
1954 6 6 #3,739
1953 20 20 #1,763
1952 13 13 #2,242
1951 9 9 #2,819
1950 10 10 #2,564
1949 5 5 #4,105
1948 6 6 #3,617
1947 6 6 #3,684
1946 10 10 #2,528
1945 5 5 #3,740
1944 6 6 #3,407
1943 5 5 #3,995
1942 5 5 #3,999
1941 12 12 #2,206
1940 8 8 #2,862
1932 5 5 #4,255