Beckey — girls' name
552 babies named Beckey in U.S. Social Security records since 1937, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
35% of everyone ever named Beckey was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Beckey in 1962 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Beckey
The Social Security Administration has registered 552 babies named Beckey between 1937 and 1987, spanning 51 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Beckey currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1987. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Beckey performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 192 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Beckey shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Beckey in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Beckey 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 552 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.
Beckey at a glance
Last recorded 1987Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Beckey popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–1937
- Peak year (1962)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 51 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1987.
552 total births across 51 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1962 with 29 births in a single year.
Beckey by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 192 births that decade — 35% of Beckey's all-time total
Beckey decade highlights
- Peak decade 192 births
- Runner-up 171 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Beckey's strongest decade
192 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Beckey by state
Where Beckey concentrates geographically — total births since 1937
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 25 | 4.5% |
25 of 552 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1937–1987 (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.