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.
27% of everyone ever named Bekim was born in this single decade.
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 2019Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Bekim popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2019–1970
- Peak year (1981)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 50 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2019.
161 total births across 50 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1981 with 10 births in a single year.
Bekim by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 44 births that decade — 27% of Bekim's all-time total
Bekim decade highlights
- Peak decade 44 births
- Runner-up 42 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Bekim's strongest decade
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Bekim by state
Where Bekim concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 22 | 13.7% |
22 of 161 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 13.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 13.7% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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.