Total births
213
Girls' name · since 1976
Bekah
213 babies named Bekah in U.S. Social Security records since 1976, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 213
- total births
- 1976–2023
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 30%
- born in that decade
Bekah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 213 have been recorded since 1976.
Bekah has 213 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1976 to 2023.
- 213 total births
- 1976–2023 years on record
- 2010s peak decade
- 30% born in that decade
Data updated Jun 2026
The verdict
213 girls have been named Bekah since 1976, peaking in the 2010s, last recorded in 2023.
- 213
- total births
- 1976–2023
- years on record
- 2010s
- peak decade
- 30%
- born in that decade
2010s
Peak decade
30% of everyone ever named Bekah was born in this single decade.
2004
Single peak year
13 babies were named Bekah in 2004 - its busiest year on record.
Bekah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Bekah's full recorded timeline at 2006, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2008, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2004 peak of 13 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Bekah at a glance
Last recorded 2023Peak year
2004
Current rank
Unranked
Active since
1976
Bekah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2023
- Peak year (2004)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Bekah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
2010s was Bekah's strongest decade.
64 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 30% of all-time use.
Bekah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 6
1970s
6 births
- 1990s
1990s
59 births
- 2000s
2000s
62 births
- 2010s
2010s
64 births
- 2020s 22
2020s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 64 births (30% of all-time use).
Frequently Asked Questions
How popular is the name Bekah? ▼
Bekah has been given to 213 babies in the U.S. since 1976, according to SSA data. Its last appearance in the data was 2023. 13 babies were born in 2004, its single highest year.
When was Bekah most popular? ▼
Bekah was most popular in the 2010s decade with 64 total births. The single peak year was 2004.
How long has the name Bekah been used? ▼
Records for Bekah go back to 1976, giving 48 years of history through 2023.
What names are similar to Bekah? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Bekki, Bekka, Beki. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.
What to do with Bekah's data
- Bekah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (64 total births) through the 2020s (22) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of June 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, 1976–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Bekah: Baby Name Since 1976 - 213 Births, Peak 2004." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/bekah. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Bekah 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 June 2026.