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Beau vs Davinia

Beau and Daviniacompared on official birth-registration statistics and Namewise's recorded data. This page states what each name's record shows — it never picks a winner or scores one name against the other.

Head to head

Ranks are only compared within one published list and one year. Two ranks from different years, from a boys' and a girls' list, or from different registrars are not comparable, so they are not placed side by side.

  • England and Wales · Girls

    In 2011, Beau was ranked #275 and Davinia #4764 among girls in England and Wales.

Beau and Davinia over time

Beau and Davinia appear together in 1 published list, across 11 years of shared records. Beau held the stronger position in more years in 1 of them, Davinia in 0.

The order between them changed and held in one of those lists — a change in that published list, never a claim that one name displaced the other.

Davinia reached its own highest recorded position earlier in 1 of those lists, and Beau in none. Each position is a place inside its own list, so this compares when they peaked and never how high.

Counted list by list. Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale in the same year, so those comparisons are real — but positions from different lists are not, so nothing here is combined into an overall standing.

List by list

  • England and Wales · Girls11 shared years, 19972011

    Beau held the stronger position in 9 of those years, Davinia in 2.

    Highest recorded here: Beau #275 in 2011, Davinia #1995 in 2000.

    The order changed in 2001: Beau moved ahead. In 2000 they stood at #3247 and #1995; by 2001 that had become #1107 and #3998.

    Most recent shared year, 2011: Beau #275, Davinia #4764.

Two names moving past each other in a ranking is a fact about the ranking. Namewise does not claim one name displaced the other, that families chose between them, or that either influenced the other — none of that is in this data.

Side by side

Side-by-side comparison of Beau, Davinia
FieldBeauDavinia
Record typeOfficial statistical record (evidence-only)Official statistical record (evidence-only)
Gender usageUsed for both boys and girlsfemale
MeaningNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
OriginNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
PronunciationNot yet recorded
Syllables13
Common variants / nicknamesNot yet recordedNot yet recorded
Recorded regional usageAU-NSW, GB-ENW, GB-NIR, GB-SCT, IE, NZGB-ENW, IE
Most recent popularity observationNew South Wales, Australia · Boys #25 (2025)England and Wales · Girls #4764 (2011)
Pronunciation clarity (demonstration score)Not yet recordedNot yet recorded
Spelling simplicity (demonstration score)95/10082/100
International familiarity (demonstration score)100/10060/100
Data Confidencemediummedium

What the data shows

  • Beau has 1 syllable, compared with 3 for Davinia.
  • Both names have recorded usage in GB-ENW, IE.

How each name got here

Beau

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1986

    First recorded at #86 among boys in New South Wales, Australia in 1986 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    New South Wales, Australia · Boys

  2. Highest recorded2012–2023

    Highest recorded position: #22 among boys in New Zealand, in 2023 (recorded 2012–2023).

    New Zealand · Boys

  3. Most recent2025

    Most recently recorded at #25 among boys in New South Wales, Australia, in 2025.

    New South Wales, Australia · Boys

Davinia

Popularity journey

  1. First recorded1997

    First recorded at #2152 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.

    England and Wales · Girls

  2. Most recent2011

    Most recently recorded at #4764 among girls in England and Wales, in 2011.

    England and Wales · Girls