Beck

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Peak · boys
2025 · 259 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
3,983
since 1957

Beck over time

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Rank among boys' names. Beck has never cracked the top 900 here.

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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it. Not on the chart: 5 boys in 1957 (see the data table).

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#8,36212#913259
2024#7,96713#1,005223
2023#4,74628#1,034211
2022#6,46418#1,015219
2021#5,23724#1,071199
2020#5,66721#1,035196
2019#9,73610#1,209158
2018—#1,489116
2017—#1,384127
2016—#1,134170
2015—#1,231148
2014—#1,396121
2013—#1,444114
2012—#1,376122
2011—#1,183149
2010—#1,256139
2009—#1,226146
2008—#1,284135
2007—#1,311131
2006—#1,273131
2005—#1,201132
2004—#1,292115
2003—#1,59179
2002—#1,99855
2001—#1,76364
2000—#1,60973
1999—#1,93250
1998—#2,31238
1997—#2,44933
1996—#4,02216
1995—#4,50813
1994—#4,80312
1993—#8,7005
1992—#7,4226
1991—#4,47612
1990—#4,67311
1989—#5,6158
1988—#4,7869
1987—#3,73112
1986—#4,8538
1985—#4,6988
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First appearance
1957

The first year at least five boys were named Beck! It came in at #3,993, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1957–1984, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Beck is popular in 2025

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedNHWashington: #801 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 4,685 boysWAIdaho: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #586 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 3,062 boysMNIllinois: #677 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 3,812 boysILWisconsin: #618 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 3,347 boysWIMichigan: #905 for boys · 7 births · 1 in 5,742 boysMINew York: #1,202 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 9,380 boysNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedRIOregon: #604 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 3,012 boysORNevada: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedSDIowa: #493 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,305 boysIAIndiana: #668 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 3,518 boysINOhio: #855 for boys · 9 births · 1 in 5,837 boysOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #1,197 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 10,967 boysCAUtah: #351 for boys · 13 births · 1 in 1,513 boysUTColorado: #385 for boys · 16 births · 1 in 1,678 boysCONebraska: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedNEMissouri: #789 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 4,635 boysMOKentucky: #625 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 3,423 boysKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedWVVirginia: #1,089 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 7,451 boysVAMaryland: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedDEArizona: #927 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 6,545 boysAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedNMKansas: #428 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 1,756 boysKSArkansas: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedARTennessee: #927 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 6,128 boysTNNorth Carolina: #1,277 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 10,294 boysNCSouth Carolina: #743 for boys · 5 births · 1 in 4,240 boysSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #621 for boys · 6 births · 1 in 2,947 boysOKLouisiana: #531 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 2,391 boysLAMississippi: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedALGeorgia: #990 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 6,278 boysGAHawaii: fewer than 5 boys named Beck, so not publishedHITexas: #974 for boys · 24 births · 1 in 7,294 boysTXFlorida: #1,353 for boys · 8 births · 1 in 11,942 boysFL

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Top states · boys
  1. Utah#351 · 1 in 1,513
  2. Colorado#385 · 1 in 1,678
  3. Kansas#428 · 1 in 1,756
  4. Iowa#493 · 1 in 2,305
  5. Louisiana#531 · 1 in 2,391

Best ever in a state: #221 in Utah, 2023.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Utah#351131 in 1,513
Colorado#385161 in 1,678
Kansas#42881 in 1,756
Iowa#49361 in 2,305
Louisiana#53181 in 2,391
Minnesota#58681 in 3,062
Oregon#60451 in 3,012
Wisconsin#61871 in 3,347
Oklahoma#62161 in 2,947
Kentucky#62561 in 3,423
Indiana#66891 in 3,518
Illinois#677131 in 3,812
South Carolina#74351 in 4,240
Missouri#78961 in 4,635
Washington#80171 in 4,685
Ohio#85591 in 5,837
Michigan#90571 in 5,742
Arizona#92751 in 6,545
Tennessee#92761 in 6,128
Texas#974241 in 7,294
Georgia#99081 in 6,278
Virginia#1,08951 in 7,451
California#1,197161 in 10,967
New York#1,20291 in 9,380
North Carolina#1,27751 in 10,294
Florida#1,35381 in 11,942
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the boys born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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See more about Beck
Momentum · boys
Holding steady
  • 122 spots since 2020 (#1,035 → #913)
  • Biggest jump: 92 spots in 2025
Rise & fade · boys
68 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1957
  • Peaked 2025 at #913 (259 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 1 yr
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 1 yr · 2025
Share of babies · boys
1 in 6,595
  • Highest: 1 in 6,595 boys born in 2025 were named Beck (0.02%)
Era · boys
The 2010s
  • 34.2% of all boys named Beck (1,364) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s5#3,993 (1957)#3,993
1960s0——
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1980s50#3,731 (1987)#5,011
1990s196#1,932 (1999)#4,530
2000s1,061#1,201 (2005)#1,455
2010s1,364#1,134 (2016)#1,310
2020s1,307#913 (2025)#1,012

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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