# Bo (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/bo/  
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 | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 15,849 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 14,984 / 865 (5% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 962, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Either borrowed from modern Danish Bo or Swedish Bo, or a spelling variant of the male given name 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 | 18 | 6,896 |
| 2012 | 19 | 6,642 |
| 2013 | 26 | 5,164 |
| 2014 | 14 | 8,127 |
| 2015 | 17 | 7,029 |
| 2016 | 27 | 5,020 |
| 2017 | 21 | 5,860 |
| 2018 | 32 | 4,369 |
| 2019 | 31 | 4,458 |
| 2020 | 20 | 5,894 |
| 2021 | 42 | 3,627 |
| 2022 | 29 | 4,689 |
| 2023 | 22 | 5,583 |
| 2024 | 17 | 6,679 |
| 2025 | 30 | 4,570 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 293 | 764 |
| 2012 | 290 | 782 |
| 2013 | 318 | 733 |
| 2014 | 414 | 633 |
| 2015 | 434 | 618 |
| 2016 | 453 | 595 |
| 2017 | 432 | 610 |
| 2018 | 483 | 572 |
| 2019 | 493 | 566 |
| 2020 | 525 | 540 |
| 2021 | 622 | 480 |
| 2022 | 614 | 497 |
| 2023 | 633 | 478 |
| 2024 | 692 | 452 |
| 2025 | 698 | 449 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 40 | 878 |
| 2011 | 35 | 989 |
| 2012 | 63 | 654 |
| 2013 | 40 | 925 |
| 2014 | 31 | 1,120 |
| 2015 | 13 | 2,070 |
| 2016 | 33 | 1,057 |
| 2017 | 14 | 1,995 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,788 |
| 2019 | 14 | 1,940 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,846 |
| 2021 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2022 | 10 | 2,488 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 14 | 1,600 |
| 2012 | 12 | 1,852 |
| 2013 | 5 | 3,315 |
| 2014 | 15 | 1,560 |
| 2015 | 11 | 2,020 |
| 2016 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2017 | 15 | 1,627 |
| 2018 | 14 | 1,683 |
| 2019 | 10 | 2,104 |
| 2020 | 15 | 1,548 |
| 2021 | 25 | 1,117 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,534 |
| 2023 | 13 | 1,799 |
| 2024 | 10 | 2,263 |
| 2025 | 12 | 2,014 |

## People named Bo

- Bo Carpelan, Finnish writer (1926-2011)
- Bo Goldman, American screenwriter (1932–2023)
- Bo Horvat, Canadian ice hockey player
- Bo Svensson, Danish footballer and manager (born 1979)
- Bo Hamburger, Danish cyclist (born 1970)
- Bo Bice, American singer and musician
- Bo Bragason, British actress
- Bo Jackson, American football and baseball player (born 1962)
- Bo Carter, American early blues musician
- Bo Welch, American production designer, art director, film and television director and actor
- Bo Henriksen, Danish football player
- Bo Spellerberg, Danish handball 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.