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Beaux

#970 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Beaux has been given to 2,796 babies in the U.S. since 1977. In 2025 it ranked #970 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 236 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 91% boys, 9% girls all-time.

Babies named Beaux, 2025

1 in 14,000

Beaux over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Beaux over time

In 2025, Beaux went to 6% girls and 94% boys.

19772025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Beaux: meaning, origin, and history

Meaning and linguistic origin unconfirmed

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Beaux means

Beaux is a given name.

The naming story behind Beaux

Wikidata records Beaux as a given name. The entity identifier is Q108916190, and the classification was checked on 2026-10-20. The spelling matches a source label or alias exactly, without removing accents or linking it to a name merely because the letters look similar.

A database classification is different from an etymological explanation, so those questions remain open in the short meaning.

A modern root explanation needs an additional naming or linguistic reference.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 2,541 boys were recorded with the name Beaux between 1977 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 236 in 2025; its best national rank was #970 in 2025.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #1,308 in 2020 to #970 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #1,615 in 2015 to #970 in 2025.

In the United States, 255 girls were recorded with the name Beaux between 2005 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 29 in 2023; its best national rank was #4,666 in 2023.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #6,969 in 2020 to #7,199 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #6,274 in 2015 to #7,199 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Beaux?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 14,000
236 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only
1 in 7,240
0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025
#970
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
9,738 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Beaux sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 5003%

Put another way: gather 9,738 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Beaux. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Beauxs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Beaux was born before 2019 — so the typical Beaux is around 6 today.

Median birth year
2019
About 6 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
48.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
92.3%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
2,541
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2020s — 48.8% of all recorded uses (1,239).

Is Beaux rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
+33
Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago
+338
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+645
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.38×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
100.0%
Peak was 2025 (236)
Years since peak
Peaking now
At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
22.0% average annual change
Best rank ever
#970
2025

Spellings of Beaux

Beaux is not the most common spelling — Beau is, with 91.8% against Beaux's 3.6%.

  • Beau91.8%65,592
  • Bear4.7%3,356
  • Beaux3.6%2,541

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Beaux is used — boys

Across 2016–2025, Beaux was most concentrated in Louisiana — about 1 in 800 boys, against 1 in 10,116 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in 100,000).

1125 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Louisiana1 in 800
  2. 2Mississippi1 in 2,273
  3. 3Texas1 in 4,000
  4. 4Arkansas1 in 5,882
  5. 5Georgia1 in 10,000
  6. 6Tennessee1 in 10,000
  7. 7Alabama1 in 11,111
  8. 8Arizona1 in 11,111

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Beaux is used — girls

Across 1910–2025, Beaux was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — girls, against 1 in 2,829,369 across all states with data. It was least common in Texas (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Texas1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Beaux has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Beaux around the world

Where Beaux ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2013–2025
    #2,664
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2016–2023
    #1,853
    in 2023

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Beaux by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#970
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 338
Best rank ever
#970
2025
Peak year
2025
236 that year
First recorded
1977
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
2,541
Count in 2025
236

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,199
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 230
Best rank ever
#4,666
2023
Peak year
2023
29 that year
First recorded
2005
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
255
Count in 2025
15

Names similar to Beaux

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

BearBeaudenBearettBearlBeauBeaumontBeaufordBeatriceBeaconBeauregardBeaumanBeauenBearonBeaudryBeaudiBeacherBeamonBeatrizDevereauxBeaverBeaudinBealBealeBeach

Names with a curve like Beaux

Not spelling — timing. These names rose, peaked and faded in the same years as Beaux, so they read as being from the same moment even when they look nothing alike.

ZakariCartierKaisenMatheoAshAtharvEzrahKnowledgeMacklinAlessioColesonWren

Sibling names for Beaux

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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