Beauregard
About Beauregard
In the past this was seen as a jokey Southern colonel name, but we have heard of some parents considering it as a path to the likeable Beau.
Pronounced BYU-ruh-gard.
As of October 2026, Beauregard ranked #3521 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #1050 in 1893, Nameberry popularity #959.
Editor's take: The name Beauregard is a boy's name of French origin meaning "beautiful gaze".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #3,907 | 26 | 13.5 |
| 2015 | #3,790 | 28 | 14.6 |
| 2016 | #2,839 | 42 | 22.1 |
| 2017 | #2,420 | 53 | 28.6 |
| 2018 | #2,997 | 39 | 21.5 |
| 2019 | #4,501 | 22 | 12.3 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | 0 |
| 2021 | #3,918 | 27 | 15.4 |
| 2022 | #3,469 | 33 | 18.9 |
| 2023 | #2,952 | 42 | 24.6 |
| 2024 | #3,043 | 40 | 23.2 |
| 2025 | #3,521 | 32 | 18.7 |
World rankings
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Beauregard on lists
Famous Beauregards
- Jefferson Beauregard "Jeff" Sessions III
U.S. Senator from Alabama
- Gilbert de Beauregard Robinson
Canadian mathematician
Beauregard in pop culture
- Beauregard "Bo" Duke
character on TV's "Dukes of Hazzard"
- Beauregard Aurelius "Beau" Brady
character on American soap opera "Days of our Lives"
- Beauregard "Buck" Tuddrussel
time cop in animated series Time Squad
- Beauregard "Beau" Wilkes
character in "Gone with the Wind"
- Beauregard "Beau
" Muppet janitor on TV's "The Muppet Show"
- Beauregard Jackson Pickett Burnside
character in "Mame"
- Beauregard the Demon
character in the Xanth fantasy novel series
- Beauregard
offspring of Borden mascot Elsie the Cow
- Beauregard LaFeyettane
character on an episode of TV's "American Dad!"
- Beauregard Jackson
pilot on TV's "Land of the Lost"
- Beauregard Bugleboy
recurring character in comic strip Pogo
- Beauregard "Bo
" vampire in Robin Mckinley's "Sunshine"
- Beauregard Langdon
character on TV's "American Horror Story: Murder House"
- Violet Beauregarde
character in Roald Dahl's "Charlie and the Chocolate Factory"
- Silena Beauregard
character in Rick Riordan's "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series
- Beauregard Lionett
character from Dungeons and Dragons actual play "Critical Role" and it's animated adaptation "The Mighty Nein"