Beckie — girls' name
2,851 babies named Beckie in U.S. Social Security records since 1882, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
30% of everyone ever named Beckie was born in this single decade.
128 babies were named Beckie in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Beckie
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,851 babies named Beckie between 1882 and 2014, spanning 133 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Beckie currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 128 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Beckie performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 867 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Beckie shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 205 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Beckie in 20 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Beckie 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 2,851 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.
Beckie at a glance
Last recorded 2014Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Beckie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2014–1882
- Peak year (1959)
- 128
- Annual births at peak — across 133 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2014.
2,851 total births across 133 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 128 births in a single year.
Beckie by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 867 births that decade — 30% of Beckie's all-time total
Beckie decade highlights
- Peak decade 867 births
- Runner-up 803 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Beckie's strongest decade
867 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Beckie by state
Where Beckie concentrates geographically — total births since 1882
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 205 | 7.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 190 | 6.7% |
| #3 | Ohio | | 95 | 3.3% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 68 | 2.4% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 48 | 1.7% |
| #6 | Indiana | | 31 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Missouri | | 28 | 1.0% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 18 | 0.6% |
205 of 2,851 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 20 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 7.2% of nationwide
- Texas 6.7% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.3% of nationwide
- Michigan 2.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 1.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 20 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 7.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Beckie appears in 20 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, 1882–2014 (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.