Beau dog name

We found 1,891 dogs named Beau in the public pet registers of 25 places. Combining all places, Beau is the #95 dog name. Almost all dogs named Beau are male.

🐱 Beau is also a cat name (#392 for cats, 25 cats).

Beau as a dog name, by place

PlaceRankDogsPer 10,000Years
Allegheny County United States #92 of 51,228 642 16 2003–2026
New York City United States #146 of 34,500 329 9.9 2014–2025
South Australia Australia #93 in top 100 605 18 2025
Toronto Canada #99 of 10,500 75 15 2019
Seattle United States #102 of 8,191 34 13 2026
Playford Australia #82 of 4,586 30 18 2015
Cambridge United States #75 of 4,375 22 17 2017–2026
Vancouver Canada #231 of 4,602 8 6.5 1999–2026
Zurich Switzerland #234 of 5,788 5 5.0 2025
Noosa Australia #69 of 3,045 22 23 2017
Laval Canada #928 of 2,965 1 1.2 2017–2026
Worcester United States #99 of 2,906 11 15 2026
Maple Ridge Canada #66 of 2,440 14 22 2026
Basel Switzerland #847 of 3,446 1 1.6 2026
Victoria Canada #75 of 2,588 11 18 2025
Surf Coast Shire Australia #49 of 1,974 17 31 2016
Golden Plains Shire Australia #60 of 2,062 13 25 2016
Burnside Australia #90 of 1,888 9 17 2015
Framingham United States #96 of 1,965 7 16 2020
Richmond United States #36 of 2,347 11 26 2018
Tacoma United States #170 of 1,917 3 8.3 2021
Corangamite Shire Australia #38 of 1,161 10 38 2023
Port Moody Canada #52 of 1,280 6 25 2019
Prospect Australia #38 of 518 4 38 2016
Burlington United States #122 of 641 1 11 2022

Rank among all names in that place's register ("in top N" where only a top list is published). "Per 10,000" is how many of every 10,000 registered dogs there are named Beau. Click a column to sort. See data sources.

Female or male?

97% male

33 female and 1,084 male dogs named Beau, in the places that record sex.

Beau over the years

South Australia
2022
2024
Toronto – rising
2012
2015
2020
2025
Allegheny County
2007
2010
2015
2020
2025

Dogs named Beau per 10,000 dogs, by the year of registration or licence (varies by place). Hover a bar for the number.

Breeds of dogs named Beau

Compared to all dogs, Beau is especially common among Basset Hounds (2.8×), Hounds (2.7×), Bernese Mountain Dogs (2.4×), Boston Terriers (2.1×) and Golden Retrievers (1.8×).

Based on 1,089 dogs named Beau with a known breed. Crosses are counted as their first-named breed.

Beau as a baby name

Beau was the #60 boys' name in the US in 2025 (5,165 babies). Elsewhere it ranks #24 for boys in New Zealand, #25 for boys in Australia (New South Wales), #34 for boys in Australia (Victoria) and #57 for boys in Canada (Ontario). See Beau as a baby name on MixedName, including which languages use it.

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