Becky
Becky was given to 36 girls in 2025, #3,991 among girls’ names; 87,042 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 72,500 Americans named Becky and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (83% of everyone recorded); the median is 63 years old and half are between 54 and 68.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Becky by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Becky mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Becky is “a diminutive of the female given name Rebecca.”
/ˈbɛki/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Becky?
#3,991 among girls’ names, 2025
Becky fell from #2,968 in 2015 to #3,991 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 32.5 to 22.4 per million.
4,755 babies in 1959, the peak
Becky peaked in 1959, when 4,755 girls were given it, #102 among girls’ names. The 36 births of 2025 are under 1% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 36 | #3,991 | 0.02 |
| 2024 | 31 | #4,488 | 0.02 |
| 2023 | 38 | #3,921 | 0.02 |
| 2022 | 26 | #5,039 | 0.02 |
| 2021 | 39 | #3,813 | 0.02 |
| 2020 | 41 | #3,625 | 0.03 |
| 2019 | 60 | #2,786 | 0.04 |
| 2018 | 37 | #3,933 | 0.02 |
| 2017 | 43 | #3,563 | 0.02 |
| 2016 | 45 | #3,469 | 0.03 |
Every recorded year (136)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 58 | #2,968 | 0.03 |
| 2014 | 54 | #3,082 | 0.03 |
| 2013 | 39 | #3,857 | 0.02 |
| 2012 | 41 | #3,792 | 0.02 |
| 2011 | 45 | #3,502 | 0.03 |
| 2010 | 45 | #3,524 | 0.03 |
| 2009 | 59 | #2,947 | 0.03 |
| 2008 | 56 | #3,060 | 0.03 |
| 2007 | 68 | #2,687 | 0.04 |
| 2006 | 53 | #3,137 | 0.03 |
| 2005 | 57 | #2,868 | 0.03 |
| 2004 | 56 | #2,853 | 0.03 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,888 | 0.03 |
| 2002 | 66 | #2,415 | 0.04 |
| 2001 | 66 | #2,379 | 0.04 |
| 2000 | 81 | #2,033 | 0.04 |
| 1999 | 89 | #1,784 | 0.05 |
| 1998 | 80 | #1,898 | 0.05 |
| 1997 | 129 | #1,332 | 0.07 |
| 1996 | 117 | #1,412 | 0.07 |
| 1995 | 108 | #1,471 | 0.06 |
| 1994 | 139 | #1,237 | 0.08 |
| 1993 | 161 | #1,112 | 0.09 |
| 1992 | 192 | #990 | 0.10 |
| 1991 | 205 | #932 | 0.11 |
| 1990 | 229 | #858 | 0.12 |
| 1989 | 261 | #752 | 0.14 |
| 1988 | 324 | #617 | 0.18 |
| 1987 | 377 | #534 | 0.22 |
| 1986 | 382 | #536 | 0.22 |
| 1985 | 515 | #427 | 0.30 |
| 1984 | 577 | #384 | 0.34 |
| 1983 | 689 | #332 | 0.41 |
| 1982 | 800 | #305 | 0.47 |
| 1981 | 993 | #250 | 0.60 |
| 1980 | 1,011 | #254 | 0.61 |
| 1979 | 907 | #270 | 0.57 |
| 1978 | 995 | #244 | 0.65 |
| 1977 | 1,009 | #245 | 0.66 |
| 1976 | 1,196 | #206 | 0.82 |
| 1975 | 1,305 | #193 | 0.90 |
| 1974 | 1,497 | #177 | 1.0 |
| 1973 | 1,612 | #170 | 1.1 |
| 1972 | 1,787 | #165 | 1.2 |
| 1971 | 1,930 | #163 | 1.2 |
| 1970 | 2,071 | #161 | 1.2 |
| 1969 | 2,094 | #155 | 1.2 |
| 1968 | 2,055 | #161 | 1.3 |
| 1967 | 2,031 | #162 | 1.2 |
| 1966 | 2,297 | #153 | 1.4 |
| 1965 | 2,589 | #143 | 1.5 |
| 1964 | 3,103 | #131 | 1.6 |
| 1963 | 3,308 | #126 | 1.7 |
| 1962 | 3,704 | #122 | 1.9 |
| 1961 | 4,095 | #115 | 2.0 |
| 1960 | 4,325 | #111 | 2.1 |
| 1959 | 4,755 | #102 | 2.3 |
| 1958 | 4,361 | #111 | 2.2 |
| 1957 | 3,524 | #127 | 1.7 |
| 1956 | 2,688 | #144 | 1.3 |
| 1955 | 2,002 | #174 | 1.0 |
| 1954 | 1,849 | #179 | 1.0 |
| 1953 | 1,626 | #189 | 0.86 |
| 1952 | 1,537 | #193 | 0.83 |
| 1951 | 1,259 | #217 | 0.70 |
| 1950 | 1,236 | #216 | 0.72 |
| 1949 | 1,105 | #223 | 0.65 |
| 1948 | 1,200 | #210 | 0.71 |
| 1947 | 1,298 | #205 | 0.73 |
| 1946 | 1,038 | #224 | 0.66 |
| 1945 | 657 | #263 | 0.50 |
| 1944 | 592 | #283 | 0.45 |
| 1943 | 551 | #297 | 0.39 |
| 1942 | 512 | #305 | 0.38 |
| 1941 | 428 | #319 | 0.35 |
| 1940 | 346 | #348 | 0.30 |
| 1939 | 265 | #416 | 0.24 |
| 1938 | 178 | #499 | 0.16 |
| 1937 | 114 | #635 | 0.11 |
| 1936 | 118 | #604 | 0.11 |
| 1935 | 99 | #666 | 0.09 |
| 1934 | 67 | #831 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 62 | #854 | 0.06 |
| 1932 | 56 | #944 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 52 | #961 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 47 | #1,074 | 0.04 |
| 1929 | 47 | #1,065 | 0.04 |
| 1928 | 42 | #1,180 | 0.04 |
| 1927 | 44 | #1,161 | 0.04 |
| 1926 | 28 | #1,545 | 0.02 |
| 1925 | 45 | #1,151 | 0.04 |
| 1924 | 37 | #1,332 | 0.03 |
| 1923 | 49 | #1,087 | 0.04 |
| 1922 | 37 | #1,288 | 0.03 |
| 1921 | 39 | #1,240 | 0.03 |
| 1920 | 24 | #1,713 | 0.02 |
| 1919 | 26 | #1,568 | 0.02 |
| 1918 | 20 | #1,891 | 0.02 |
| 1917 | 30 | #1,340 | 0.03 |
| 1916 | 18 | #1,875 | 0.02 |
| 1915 | 23 | #1,525 | 0.02 |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,305 | 0.03 |
| 1912 | 11 | #1,730 | 0.02 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,979 | 0.02 |
| 1910 | 7 | #1,953 | 0.02 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,787 | 0.02 |
| 1908 | 10 | #1,364 | 0.03 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,101 | 0.02 |
| 1906 | 8 | #1,426 | 0.03 |
| 1904 | 6 | #1,674 | 0.02 |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,353 | 0.03 |
| 1900 | 6 | #1,746 | 0.02 |
| 1898 | 6 | #1,523 | 0.02 |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,400 | 0.03 |
| 1895 | 5 | #1,619 | 0.02 |
| 1893 | 8 | #1,093 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,480 | 0.02 |
| 1890 | 5 | #1,351 | 0.03 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,156 | 0.03 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,148 | 0.03 |
| 1887 | 7 | #951 | 0.05 |
| 1886 | 7 | #906 | 0.05 |
| 1885 | 5 | #1,061 | 0.04 |
| 1884 | 6 | #938 | 0.05 |
| 1881 | 9 | #585 | 0.10 |
| 1880 | 8 | #632 | 0.09 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Becky a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Becky has been given almost only to girls: 144 boys in 136 years of records.
Girls and boys named Becky: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Becky, and how old are they?
72,500 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 83% of the 87,042 Americans ever recorded as Becky. The median Becky alive today is 63 years old; half are between 54 and 68.
The 2020 Census counted 68,256 people named Becky (68,184 women and girls, 72 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 76,467 born in the U.S. The Census count is 11% below that prediction. Possible reasons: people who give a short form or another name to the Census, and a survival estimate that can run high.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 1,880 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 38,800 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 24,400 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 5,870 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 1,030 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 544 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Becky born?
The states with the most babies named Becky are Texas, California and Ohio, with 24% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 7,705 | not ranked | 1.4× |
| California | 6,888 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Ohio | 5,809 | not ranked | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 4,320 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 3,773 | not ranked | 1.0× |
| Indiana | 3,454 | not ranked | 1.5× |
| Pennsylvania | 2,978 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Iowa | 2,931 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Minnesota | 2,927 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Missouri | 2,865 | not ranked | 1.4× |
Where Becky is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Becky is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 2.5 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Becky with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 96,926 babies since 1880, Becky is the most given (90% of them). In 2025 it was given to 36 of their 71 babies (51%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Becky
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Becky and names like it
- Compare Becky and BeccaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sBecky peaked in 1959.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Becky since 1910.
- The top names of 1959The year the most babies were named Becky.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Becky alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with BMost given first.