# Beau name report

Canonical URL: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/name/m/beau
Data source: U.S. Social Security Administration public baby-name records
Latest year: 2025

## Summary
Beau ranked #60 officially for boys in 2025. After combined spelling groups, it ranked #61.

## Official spelling
- Rank: #60
- Birth count: 5,165
- Rate per 10,000: 30.24

## Combined spelling group
- Group display: Beau
- Rank: #61
- Birth count: 5,165
- Rate per 10,000: 30.24
- Official count multiplier: 1.00x

## Practical popularity
- Expected per class of 25: 0.04
- Expected per grade of 100: 0.16
- Expected per school of 300: 0.47
- Duplicate chance in grade of 100: 14.3%

## Trend
- Label: recently peaked
- Peak rate year: 2025
- Best rank year: 2025
- Latest rate as percent of peak: 100.0%

## Spelling components
- Beau: 5,165 births

## Methodology notes
- Official SSA ranks treat each spelling separately.
- Combined ranks group spelling variants and recompute ranks by sex.
- State combined counts may be lower bounds when rare state spellings are suppressed.
- Full methodology: https://mybabyeta.com/babynames/methodology