Beau

Meaning: Handsome, fine
Origin: From French (word beau, from Latin bellus 'beautiful')

Boy's name · #60 in the US (2025) · Trending

99% boys · 1% girls — Beau is also given to girls: 59 in 2025, about 1 in 75 in recent years. Beau →

Popularity over time

Beau is moving up the charts. First recorded in 1932, it stood at #60 in 2025 — its strongest showing yet; about 66,000 boys have been named Beau along the way.

Country singer Luke Combs and Nicole Hocking chose the name for their second son, Beau Lee Combs, born in August 2023.

Across the states

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Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 51 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

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#23 in Australia (QLD) (2025) · #24 in New Zealand (2025) · #25 in Australia (NSW) (2025) · #34 in Australia (VIC) (2025) · #108 in England & Wales (2025) · #150 in N. Ireland (2025) · #152 in Ireland (2025) · #176 in Netherlands (2025) · #245 in Scotland (2025) · #630 in Belgium (2025) · #977 in Sweden (2025) · #50 in Canada (2024).

Famous Beaus

Beau Bridges — American actor
Beau Biden — American politician and lawyer (1969–2015)
Beau Mirchoff — Canadian actor
Beau Brummell — English man of fashion (1778–1840)
Beau Willimon — American playwright (born 1977)

In stories & tradition

Beau Felton — Homicide: Life on the Street (TV series)
Beau Ramsey — Hollyoaks (TV series)
Beau Peep^it — Beau Peep (comics)

What Beaus become

Among 190 notable people named Beau:

Sports figures appear 2.54× more often than among typical names — e.g. Beau Hoopman, American rower.

Similar names: Bo · Myles · Bennett · Barrett · Archer · Malachi

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