Becky — #4459 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Becky

The Social Security Administration has registered 86,865 babies named Becky between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Becky currently holds the #4459 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 4,755 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Becky performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 29,600 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Becky shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 7,705 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Becky in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Becky 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 86,865 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.