# Beau (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/beau/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /boʊ/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 66,603 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 65,592 / 1,011 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 10,522, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Shortened from surname type given names such as Beauregard or Beaumont, or from the French word beau.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 27 | 5,085 |
| 2012 | 39 | 3,929 |
| 2013 | 45 | 3,474 |
| 2014 | 45 | 3,494 |
| 2015 | 44 | 3,539 |
| 2016 | 41 | 3,716 |
| 2017 | 51 | 3,154 |
| 2018 | 49 | 3,253 |
| 2019 | 46 | 3,399 |
| 2020 | 49 | 3,188 |
| 2021 | 57 | 2,932 |
| 2022 | 59 | 2,867 |
| 2023 | 52 | 3,146 |
| 2024 | 66 | 2,641 |
| 2025 | 59 | 2,863 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 852 | 352 |
| 2012 | 1,069 | 310 |
| 2013 | 1,300 | 272 |
| 2014 | 1,634 | 230 |
| 2015 | 1,980 | 203 |
| 2016 | 2,125 | 189 |
| 2017 | 2,511 | 157 |
| 2018 | 2,598 | 151 |
| 2019 | 2,933 | 132 |
| 2020 | 3,344 | 109 |
| 2021 | 3,815 | 94 |
| 2022 | 3,958 | 90 |
| 2023 | 4,100 | 81 |
| 2024 | 4,704 | 69 |
| 2025 | 5,165 | 60 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 179 | 275 |
| 2012 | 302 | 169 |
| 2013 | 295 | 178 |
| 2014 | 277 | 192 |
| 2015 | 198 | 249 |
| 2016 | 228 | 227 |
| 2017 | 178 | 274 |
| 2018 | 139 | 344 |
| 2019 | 144 | 325 |
| 2020 | 119 | 370 |
| 2021 | 113 | 395 |
| 2022 | 103 | 412 |
| 2023 | 105 | 397 |
| 2024 | 99 | 432 |
| 2025 | 82 | 483 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 296 | 187 |
| 2012 | 341 | 172 |
| 2013 | 318 | 175 |
| 2014 | 302 | 187 |
| 2015 | 298 | 193 |
| 2016 | 301 | 185 |
| 2017 | 315 | 177 |
| 2018 | 268 | 201 |
| 2019 | 321 | 167 |
| 2020 | 419 | 131 |
| 2021 | 507 | 113 |
| 2022 | 444 | 125 |
| 2023 | 475 | 109 |
| 2024 | 477 | 110 |
| 2025 | 487 | 108 |

## People named Beau

- Beau Bridges, American actor
- Beau Biden, American politician and lawyer (1969–2015)
- Beau Garrett, American actress and model
- Beau Mirchoff, Canadian actor
- Beau Willimon, American playwright (born 1977)
- Beau Knapp, American actor and film producer
- Beau Hoopman, American rower
- Beau Beech, American basketball player (born 1994)
- Beau Billingslea, American actor
- Beau Starr, American actor (born 1944)
- Beau Jack, American boxer (1921–2000)
- Beau Bennett, American ice hockey player

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.