Recorded 1990–2008 Girls' name Peak 1997 100 births

Bekka — girls' name

100 babies named Bekka in U.S. Social Security records since 1990, with the highest year being 1997. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1990s622000s38
1990s
Peak decade

62% of everyone ever named Bekka was born in this single decade.

1997
Single peak year

10 babies were named Bekka in 1997 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Bekka

The Social Security Administration has registered 100 babies named Bekka between 1990 and 2008, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bekka currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1997, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bekka performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 62 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Bekka shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bekka 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 100 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.

Bekka at a glance

Last recorded 2008

Total births

100

Since 1990

19 years of records

Peak year

1997

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2008

Active since

1990

Recorded for 19 years

Last year on file: 2008

Bekka popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1990

Last recorded 2008
Peak year (1997)
10
Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
4681012 20082004200219991997199319911990 6

Bekka by decade

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

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
62 births that decade — 62% of Bekka's all-time total
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Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Bekka?
100 babies have been named Bekka since 1990. It was last recorded in 2008. The peak year was 1997 with 10 births.
When was Bekka most popular?
Bekka was most popular in the 1990s decade with 62 total births. The single peak year was 1997.
How long has the name Bekka been used?
Bekka has been recorded in Social Security data since 1990, spanning 19 years of data through 2008.
What names are similar to Bekka?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Bekah, Bekki, 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, 1990–2008 (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.