Girls' name · since 2015
Beckley
128 babies named Beckley in U.S. Social Security records since 2015, with the highest year being 2020. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #24,373 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,983 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 128
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Beckley is the #9983 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 128 recorded since 2015.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Beckley has been recorded 128 times among girls since 2015, currently ranked #9983 nationally and more common than 42% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2015 to 2025.
- #24,373 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #9,983 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 128 born since 2015
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Beckley ranks #24,373 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #9,983 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 128 born since 2015, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,373 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #9,983 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 128
- born since 2015
- 2020s
- peak decade
Beckley's 128 recorded births place it above 66.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by North Carolina.
How Beckley compares
128 29th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls 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
Beckley's all-time total is 66% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Beckley | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 128 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 20 | 21 | 19,840 |
Beckley's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Beckley splits its recorded history at 2020: 63% of all births land in the more recent half, 37% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2017 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2020 peak of 20 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Beckley popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–2025
- Peak year (2020)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 11 years of records
Beckley popularity over time - boys
5 total births recorded since 2015 (Beckley as boys' name)
Beckley by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (80 births, 63% of the file).
2020s was Beckley's strongest decade.
80 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Beckley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
48 births
- 2020s
2020s
80 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 80 births (63% of all-time use).
Beckley by state
Where Beckley concentrates geographically, total births since 2015
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | North Carolina | | 5 | 3.9% |
5 of 128 births nationwide.
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What to do with Beckley's data
- North Carolina records the most Beckleys (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. North Carolina names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Beckley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2020)
Similar record span (~10 yrs)
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, 2015–2025 (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 Beckley 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.