Boys' name · since 2009
Beka
52 babies named Beka in U.S. Social Security records since 2009, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #21,856 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 52
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
52 boys have been named Beka since 2009, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Beka recorded 52 times among boys since 2009, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used boys names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2024.
- #21,856 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 52 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Beka ranks #21,856 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 52 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,856 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 52
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Beka's 52 recorded births place it above 51.66% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Beka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Beka splits its recorded history at 2016: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2009 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2018 peak of 10 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Beka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2024
- Peak year (2018)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Beka by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (41 births, 79% of the file).
2010s was Beka's strongest decade.
41 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 79% of all-time use.
Beka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
41 births
- 2020s 6
2020s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 41 births (79% of all-time use).
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- Beka's decade-level peak was the 2010s (41 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Beka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2018)
Similar record span (~15 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, 2009–2024 (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 Beka 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.