Beck — #1004 US boys' name
3,724 babies named Beck in U.S. Social Security records since 1957, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 93% of names given to boys today.
37% of everyone ever named Beck was born in this single decade.
223 babies were named Beck in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Beck
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,724 babies named Beck between 1957 and 2024, spanning 68 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Beck currently holds the #1004 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 223 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Beck performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,364 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Beck shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 352 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Utah. In total, SSA state-level files list Beck in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Beck in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 3,724 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Beck at a glance
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Current rank
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Beck popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1957
- Peak year (2024)
- 223
- Annual births at peak — across 68 years of records
Currently ranks #1004 among boys.
3,724 total births across 68 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 223 births in a single year.
Beck popularity over time — girls
114 total births recorded since 2019 (Beck as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Beck accounts for 3% of total recorded use across both genders.
Beck by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,364 births that decade — 37% of Beck's all-time total
Beck decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,364 births
- Runner-up 1,061 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Beck's strongest decade
1,364 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 37% of all-time use.
Beck by state
Where Beck concentrates geographically — total births since 1957
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 352 | 9.5% |
| #2 | California | | 350 | 9.4% |
| #3 | Utah | | 271 | 7.3% |
| #4 | Colorado | | 118 | 3.2% |
| #5 | Minnesota | | 104 | 2.8% |
| #6 | Florida | | 81 | 2.2% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 76 | 2.0% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 71 | 1.9% |
352 of 3,724 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 9.5% of nationwide
- California 9.4% of nationwide
- Utah 7.3% of nationwide
- Colorado 3.2% of nationwide
- Minnesota 2.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 29 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 9.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Beck appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1957–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.