Beau

What Beau means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Beau yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #203 in 2015, #60 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Beau?

US: Rising: up from #203 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #193 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 5,165 boys got the name (#60 that year). First in the US records in 1932.

How common

• About 1 in 331 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 558 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 1,155 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in WY (12.84 per 1,000 boys), SD (10.93 per 1,000 boys), MT (8.77 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Beau is #60 in the US and #108 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 98.9% of US babies named Beau were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

If you like Beau

Boys

• Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025
• Leon#138“lion”^*
• Rory#199“red-haired king”^*
• Brooks#64Variant of Brook, meaning “swamp, marsh”^*
• Ellis#243“benevolent, kind”^*
• Harvey#251“iron + blazing”^*

For a sister

• Margot#102Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #592 in 2015, #102 in 2025
• Rosie#283Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #775 in 2015, #283 in 2025
• Mabel#201“lovable”^*
• Wrenley#158Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #158 vs #1,454 in 2025
• Oaklynn#153Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #153 vs #4,867 in 2025
• Ophelia#264possibly “help, aid, succour”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Beau’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.