Boys' name · since 1902
Beckham
20,329 babies named Beckham in U.S. Social Security records since 1902, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #834 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #168 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 20,329
- born since 1902
- 2020s
- peak decade
Beckham currently ranks #168 among boys' names in America, with 20,329 babies recorded since 1902.
Beckham has 20,329 recorded births among boys since 1902, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #168 as of the latest data, more common than 99% of boys, busiest in the 2020s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1902 to 2025.
- #834 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #168 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 20,329 born since 1902
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Beckham ranks #834 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #168 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 20,329 born since 1902, peaking in the 2020s.
- #834 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #168 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 20,329
- born since 1902
- 2020s
- peak decade
Beckham's 20,329 recorded births place it above 98.16% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
49 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Texas.
How Beckham compares
20,329 Top 6% higher than 94% of 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Beckham's all-time total is 55x the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Beckham | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 20,329 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 2,185 | 34 | 22,252 |
Beckham's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Beckham's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 97% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 3%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1904, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 2,185, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Beckham popularity over time - boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1902–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 2,185
- Annual births at peak, across 124 years of records
Beckham popularity over time - girls
310 total births recorded since 2011 (Beckham as girls' name)
Beckham by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (11,175 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Beckham's strongest decade.
11,175 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Beckham births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1900s 26
1900s
26 births
- 1920s 27
1920s
27 births
- 2000s 1,005
2000s
1,005 births
- 2010s
2010s
8,096 births
- 2020s
2020s
11,175 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 11,175 births (55% of all-time use).
How Beckham compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 boys names closest to Beckham's total volume
Beckham by state
Where Beckham concentrates geographically, total births since 1902
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 1,836 | 9.0% |
| #2 | Utah | | 1,360 | 6.7% |
| #3 | California | | 1,169 | 5.8% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 976 | 4.8% |
| #5 | Florida | | 825 | 4.1% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 768 | 3.8% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 690 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 679 | 3.3% |
1,836 of 20,329 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Beckham appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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- Texas records the most Beckhams (1,836 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1902–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Beckham draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.