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.
- #19,148 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 213
- born since 1976
- 2010s
- peak 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.
- #19,148 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 213 born since 1976
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bekah ranks #19,148 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 213 born since 1976, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,148 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 213
- born since 1976
- 2010s
- peak decade
Bekah's 213 recorded births place it above 73.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
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 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
2010s is the heaviest window (64 births, 30% of the file).
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).
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- 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.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Bekah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2004)
Similar record span (~47 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, 1976–2023 (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 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 August 2026.