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
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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |