Recorded 1976–2021 Girls' name Peak 2004 208 births

Bekah — girls' name

208 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.

1970s61990s592000s622010s642020s17
2010s
Peak decade

31% 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.

What the Data Says About Bekah

The Social Security Administration has registered 208 babies named Bekah between 1976 and 2021, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bekah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bekah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 64 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Bekah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bekah 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 208 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.

Bekah at a glance

Last recorded 2021

Total births

208

Since 1976

46 years of records

Peak year

2004

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 2010s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2021

Active since

1976

Recorded for 46 years

Last year on file: 2021

Bekah popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1976

Last recorded 2021
Peak year (2004)
13
Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
468101214 20212016201120062002199619911976 6

Bekah by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2010s
Peak decade
2010s
64 births that decade — 31% of Bekah's all-time total
1970s61990s592000s622010s642020s17

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Bekah?
208 babies have been named Bekah since 1976. It was last recorded in 2021. The peak year was 2004 with 13 births.
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?
Bekah has been recorded in Social Security data since 1976, spanning 46 years of data through 2021.
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.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1976–2021 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.