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Beauregard

Gender
Boy
Say it
BOH-ruh-gard
Origin
French
US rank, 2025
#3,512 for boys

Beauregard is a boys' name of French origin, meaning “beautiful view”. In 2025 it ranked 3,512th for boys in the US (32 babies).

What does Beauregard mean?

French: French surname, beau 'beautiful' + regard 'look'

“beautiful view”

Confederate general P. G. T. Beauregard ordered the first shots of the American Civil War at Fort Sumter.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Beauregard a girl's or a boy's name?

Beauregard is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.

How popular is Beauregard in the US?

Rank in 2025
3,512th among boys
Babies in 2025
32 about 1 in 53,000 boys
Five-year trend
Rising up 46% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 boys

In 2025, 32 boys in the US were named Beauregard, making it the 3,512th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,231st. Its busiest year was 2017, with 53 boys. It first appears in the records in 1893.

Half of all the boys named Beauregard in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.

1893Busiest: 53 in 20172025
Beauregard in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
202532#3,512
202440#3,044
202342#2,951
202233#3,462
202127#3,908
202017#5,231
201922#4,476
201839#2,992
201753#2,416
201642#2,837
201528#3,774
201426#3,888
201317#5,167
201217#5,250
201110#7,495
20105#12,224
200911#7,231
20089#8,319
200716#5,431
20065#12,048
20056#10,144
20049#7,530
20036#9,574
20020–
20016#9,236
20005#10,341
19990–
19980–
19976#8,104
19960–
19950–
19946#7,764
19930–
19929#5,652
19915#8,228
19906#7,171
19890–
19886#6,420
19870–
19868#4,848
19856#5,780
19840–
19830–
19820–
19810–
19805#6,248
19790–
19780–
19770–
19760–
19750–
19745#5,225
19730–
19726#4,438
19710–
19700–
19690–
19680–
19670–
19666#3,535
19650–
19640–
19630–
19620–
19610–
19600–
19590–
19580–
19570–
19560–
19550–
19540–
19530–
19520–
19510–
19500–
19490–
19480–
19470–
19460–
19455#3,337
19440–
19430–
19420–
19410–
19400–
19390–
19380–
19370–
19365#3,548
19350–
19340–
19330–
19320–
19310–
19300–
19290–
19280–
19270–
19260–
19250–
19240–
19235#4,236
19225#4,305
19210–
19200–
19190–
19185#4,178
19170–
19160–
19150–
19140–
19130–
19120–
19110–
19100–
19090–
19080–
19070–
19060–
19050–
19040–
19030–
19020–
19010–
19000–
18990–
18980–
18970–
18960–
18950–
18940–
18935#1,034

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Beauregard: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/beauregard, updated 20 October 2026.