girls:
885 births since 1977
#4831 (15th percentile)
boys:
55.7k births since 1932
#459 (90th percentile)
overall:
56.6k births since 1932
#995 (87th percentile)
The name Beau is the #995 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 56,583 recorded births since 1932. This represents the 87.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 87.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #459 (90.0% percentile) for all time with 55,698 births since 1932. For girls, it ranks #4,831 (15.5% percentile) for all time with 885 births since 1977.
Beau first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1932 (1932 for boys and 1977 for girls). Birth data for Beau is available in 84 out of the 92 years between 1932 and 2023 (84 years for boys and 40 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Beau has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.4% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Beau reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 91.6% percentile (ranked #77) with 2,234 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 2,234 births per million (ranked 91.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2002, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Beau is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #77 (91.6% percentile) with 2,234 births per million.
For girls, Beau reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 5.6% percentile (ranked #904) with 33 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 33 births per million (ranked 5.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2009, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Beau ranks #901 for girls (4.9% percentile) with 29 births per million, which is 88.6% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Beau".
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Our model found one way to pronounce the name Beau. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 100.0% confident that Beau is pronounced as boh, which has 1 syllables.
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