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How popular is the name Bo?
Births per year, rank history and how many Bos are alive today.
Bo (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Beau in England and Wales, ranked 4201st in 2025 and given to 5 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2012, when 63 babies were given the name, the 654th most popular that year. It has declined since 2012; the 2025 figure is roughly 8% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Beau you are most likely to meet is around 13 years old. Half of all Beaus born in England and Wales are between 8 and 16, and there are at least 4,600 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 1.4% chance that at least one of them will be called Beau.
How many babies are named Bo each year?
Includes all spellings: Bo, Beau, Beaux, Boe. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Bo spelling rank?
Where does the Beau spelling rank?
Where does the Beaux spelling rank?
Where does the Boe spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Bo most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Beau, peaked in 2012, when 409 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Bo spelling itself peaked in 2012, with 63 babies.
How many people are called Bo?
At least 4,600 people named Bo in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Bo?
Most living Bos are between 8 and 16; the most common age is about 13.
Is Bo becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2012 peak.