Beecher — boys' name

What the Data Says About Beecher

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,019 babies named Beecher between 1884 and 2022, spanning 139 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Beecher currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1921, when 36 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Beecher performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 251 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Beecher shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 132 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Kentucky and Maine. In total, SSA state-level files list Beecher in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Beecher 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 1,019 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.