Recorded 1970–2019 Boys' name Peak 1981 161 births

Bekim — boys' name

161 babies named Bekim in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 1981. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1970s421980s441990s242000s232010s28
1980s
Peak decade

27% of everyone ever named Bekim was born in this single decade.

1981
Single peak year

10 babies were named Bekim in 1981 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Bekim

The Social Security Administration has registered 161 babies named Bekim between 1970 and 2019, spanning 50 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Bekim currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2019. The name reached its historical peak in 1981, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bekim performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 44 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Bekim shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 22 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bekim in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bekim 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 161 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.

Bekim at a glance

Last recorded 2019

Total births

161

Since 1970

50 years of records

Peak year

1981

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 1980s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2019

Active since

1970

Recorded for 50 years

Last year on file: 2019

Bekim popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1970

Last recorded 2019
Peak year (1981)
10
Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
4681012 20192013200119931983197819731970 5

Bekim by decade

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

Peak: 1980s
Peak decade
1980s
44 births that decade — 27% of Bekim's all-time total
1970s421980s441990s242000s232010s28

Bekim by state

Where Bekim concentrates geographically — total births since 1970

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Bekim
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
22 13.7%
New York share of Bekim's total US births 13.7%

22 of 161 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Bekim?
161 babies have been named Bekim since 1970. It was last recorded in 2019. The peak year was 1981 with 10 births.
When was Bekim most popular?
Bekim was most popular in the 1980s decade with 44 total births. The single peak year was 1981.
Where is Bekim most popular?
The top states for the name Bekim are New York (22 births).
How long has the name Bekim been used?
Bekim has been recorded in Social Security data since 1970, spanning 50 years of data through 2019.
What names are similar to Bekim?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Beka, Bekham, Bekam, Bek, and 1 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for boys.

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, 1970–2019 (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.