Becket — #3353 US boys' name

What the Data Says About Becket

The Social Security Administration has registered 559 babies named Becket between 1969 and 2024, spanning 56 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Becket currently holds the #3353 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2016, when 41 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Becket performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 282 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Becket shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 15 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California. In total, SSA state-level files list Becket in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Becket 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 559 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.