Boys' name · since 2011

Bekam

Bekam has 20 recorded births since 2011 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2016 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#28,936 of 45,481
all-time among boys
20
born since 2011
2010s
peak decade

Bekam sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 20 recorded since 2011.

Bekam has 20 recorded births among boys since 2011, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys 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 2011 to 2018.

  • #28,936 of 45,481 all-time among boys
  • 20 born since 2011
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bekam ranks #28,936 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 20 born since 2011, peaking in the 2010s.

#28,936 of 45,481
all-time among boys
20
born since 2011
2010s
peak decade
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Bekam's 20 recorded births place it above 35.65% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

Bekam's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Bekam splits its recorded history at 2016: 70% of all births land in the more recent half, 30% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2018 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2016 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.

Bekam popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2018

Last recorded 2018
Peak year (2016)
9
Annual births at peak, across 8 years of records
45678910 201120162018 5

Bekam by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (20 births, 100% of the file).

2010s was Bekam's strongest decade.

20 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.

Bekam births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 20 births (100% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Bekam?
Bekam has been given to 20 babies in the U.S. since 2011, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #28,936 of 45,481 among boys' names (total births, highest first). Its last appearance in the data was 2018. 9 babies were born in 2016, its single highest year.
Where does Bekam sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Bekam ranks #28,936 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the null SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Bekam most popular?
Bekam was most popular in the 2010s decade with 20 total births. The single peak year was 2016.
How long has the name Bekam been used?
Records for Bekam go back to 2011, giving 8 years of history through 2018.
What names are similar to Bekam?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Bekim, Beka, Bekham, Bek, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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Two nationwide peer axes for Bekam: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 2011–2018 (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 Bekam 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.