Beau — #69 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Beau

The Social Security Administration has registered 60,409 babies named Beau between 1932 and 2024, spanning 93 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Beau currently holds the #69 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 4,694 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Beau performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 19,906 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Beau shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 5,434 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Beau in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Beau in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 60,409 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.