Beaux — #1007 US boys' name
2,301 babies named Beaux in U.S. Social Security records since 1977, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to boys today.
43% of everyone ever named Beaux was born in this single decade.
222 babies were named Beaux in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Beaux
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,301 babies named Beaux between 1977 and 2024, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Beaux currently holds the #1007 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 222 babies received it in a single year. Beaux is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 240 additional births since 2005.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Beaux performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 999 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Beaux shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 512 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Beaux in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Beaux 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 2,301 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.
Beaux at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Beaux popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1977
- Peak year (2024)
- 222
- Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
Currently ranks #1007 among boys.
2,301 total births across 48 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 222 births in a single year.
Beaux popularity over time — girls
240 total births recorded since 2005 (Beaux as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Beaux accounts for 9% of total recorded use across both genders.
Beaux by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 999 births that decade — 43% of Beaux's all-time total
Beaux decade highlights
- Peak decade 999 births
- Runner-up 899 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Beaux's strongest decade
999 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 43% of all-time use.
Beaux by state
Where Beaux concentrates geographically — total births since 1977
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 512 | 22.3% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 382 | 16.6% |
| #3 | California | | 105 | 4.6% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 50 | 2.2% |
| #5 | Mississippi | | 44 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Florida | | 33 | 1.4% |
| #7 | Tennessee | | 28 | 1.2% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 23 | 1.0% |
512 of 2,301 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 22.3% of nationwide
- Louisiana 16.6% of nationwide
- California 4.6% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.2% of nationwide
- Mississippi 1.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 22 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 22.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
Beaux appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1977–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.