Becker

Where Becker comes from

The dictionaries list Becker as a given name — a male given name transferred from the surname — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1989
    First appearance
    #6,941 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 2018
    Peak, #3,524
    31 babies named Becker — more than any year before or since.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the surname.
Namesakes

We look up famous namesakes for names that have made the top 1,000. Becker hasn't yet.

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.