Becky
#3,975 for girls in 2025, 36 births · Last seen for boys in 1980 at #4,940
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1959 · 4,755 births
- Debut · girls
- 8 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 86,898since 1880
Becky over time
Rank among girls' names. Becky has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,975 | 36 | — | |
| 2024 | #4,473 | 31 | — | |
| 2023 | #3,911 | 38 | — | |
| 2022 | #5,028 | 26 | — | |
| 2021 | #3,801 | 39 | — | |
| 2020 | #3,607 | 41 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,784 | 60 | — | |
| 2018 | #3,918 | 37 | — | |
| 2017 | #3,552 | 43 | — | |
| 2016 | #3,464 | 45 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,964 | 58 | — | |
| 2014 | #3,080 | 54 | — | |
| 2013 | #3,849 | 39 | — | |
| 2012 | #3,782 | 41 | — | |
| 2011 | #3,496 | 45 | — | |
| 2010 | #3,516 | 45 | — | |
| 2009 | #2,940 | 59 | — | |
| 2008 | #3,054 | 56 | — | |
| 2007 | #2,684 | 68 | — | |
| 2006 | #3,136 | 53 | — | |
| 2005 | #2,865 | 57 | — | |
| 2004 | #2,851 | 56 | — | |
| 2003 | #2,885 | 53 | — | |
| 2002 | #2,414 | 66 | — | |
| 2001 | #2,379 | 66 | — | |
| 2000 | #2,034 | 81 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,786 | 89 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,899 | 80 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,334 | 129 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,412 | 117 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,474 | 108 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,239 | 139 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,113 | 161 | — | |
| 1992 | #992 | 192 | — | |
| 1991 | #934 | 205 | — | |
| 1990 | #859 | 229 | — | |
| 1989 | #751 | 261 | — | |
| 1988 | #617 | 324 | — | |
| 1987 | #534 | 377 | — | |
| 1986 | #536 | 382 | — | |
| 1985 | #427 | 515 | — | |
| 1984 | #384 | 577 | — | |
| 1983 | #332 | 689 | — | |
| 1982 | #305 | 800 | — | |
| 1981 | #250 | 993 | — | |
| 1980 | #254 | 1,011 | #4,940 | 7 |
| 1979 | #270 | 907 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | #244 | 995 | — | |
| 1977 | #245 | 1,009 | — | |
| 1976 | #206 | 1,196 | — | |
| 1975 | #193 | 1,305 | #4,797 | 6 |
| 1974 | #177 | 1,497 | #5,227 | 5 |
| 1973 | #170 | 1,612 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #165 | 1,787 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #163 | 1,930 | #3,146 | 10 |
| 1970 | #161 | 2,071 | — | |
| 1969 | #155 | 2,094 | #3,935 | 6 |
| 1968 | #161 | 2,055 | #4,136 | 5 |
| 1967 | #162 | 2,031 | #3,231 | 7 |
| 1966 | #153 | 2,297 | — | |
| 1965 | #143 | 2,589 | #2,780 | 9 |
| 1964 | #131 | 3,103 | #3,282 | 7 |
| 1963 | #126 | 3,308 | #2,414 | 12 |
| 1962 | #122 | 3,704 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #115 | 4,095 | — | |
| 1960 | #111 | 4,325 | — | |
| 1959 | #102 | 4,755 | — | |
| 1958 | #111 | 4,361 | #2,506 | 11 |
| 1957 | #127 | 3,524 | #3,257 | 7 |
| 1956 | #144 | 2,688 | #3,942 | 5 |
| 1955 | #174 | 2,002 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #179 | 1,849 | — | |
| 1953 | #189 | 1,626 | — | |
| 1952 | #193 | 1,537 | — | |
| 1951 | #217 | 1,259 | — | |
| 1950 | #216 | 1,236 | #3,681 | 5 |
| 1949 | #223 | 1,105 | #3,690 | 5 |
| 1948 | #210 | 1,200 | — | |
| 1947 | #205 | 1,298 | — | |
| 1946 | #224 | 1,038 | — | |
| 1945 | #263 | 657 | — | |
| 1944 | #283 | 592 | — | |
| 1943 | #297 | 551 | — | |
| 1942 | #305 | 512 | — | |
| 1941 | #319 | 428 | — | |
| 1940 | #348 | 346 | — | |
| 1939 | #416 | 265 | — | |
| 1938 | #499 | 178 | — | |
| 1937 | #634 | 114 | — | |
| 1936 | #604 | 118 | — | |
| 1935 | #664 | 99 | — | |
| 1934 | #831 | 67 | — | |
| 1933 | #851 | 62 | — | |
| 1932 | #940 | 56 | — | |
| 1931 | #959 | 52 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,072 | 47 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,064 | 47 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,179 | 42 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,161 | 44 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,541 | 28 | — | |
| 1925 | #1,150 | 45 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,328 | 37 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,084 | 49 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,285 | 37 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,237 | 39 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,708 | 24 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,565 | 26 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,887 | 20 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,337 | 30 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,867 | 18 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,523 | 23 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,303 | 23 | — | |
| 1913 | — | — | ||
| 1912 | #1,719 | 11 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,956 | 7 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,935 | 7 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,763 | 7 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,357 | 10 | — | |
| 1907 | #2,061 | 5 | — | |
| 1906 | #1,416 | 8 | — | |
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | #1,659 | 6 | — | |
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
| 1901 | #1,339 | 7 | — | |
| 1900 | #1,723 | 6 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,502 | 6 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,385 | 6 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | #1,091 | 8 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | #1,338 | 5 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 | — | |
| 1887 | #937 | 7 | — | |
| 1886 | #897 | 7 | — | |
| 1885 | #1,047 | 5 | — | |
| 1884 | #930 | 6 | — | |
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | #582 | 9 | — | |
| 1880 | #628 | 8 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Becky was already there! It came in at #628, and was given to 8 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Becky is popular in 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- South Dakota#86 · 1 in 336
- Wisconsin#97 · 1 in 457
- Nebraska#107 · 1 in 448
- Wyoming#122 · 1 in 477
- Utah#129 · 1 in 574
Best ever in a state: #25 in Utah, 1961.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| South Dakota | #86 | 14 | 1 in 336 |
| Wisconsin | #97 | 67 | 1 in 457 |
| Nebraska | #107 | 23 | 1 in 448 |
| Wyoming | #122 | 6 | 1 in 477 |
| Utah | #129 | 28 | 1 in 574 |
| Minnesota | #134 | 42 | 1 in 661 |
| Maine | #149 | 9 | 1 in 677 |
| Idaho | #157 | 10 | 1 in 691 |
| Iowa | #161 | 24 | 1 in 821 |
| Nevada | #161 | 6 | 1 in 620 |
| New Hampshire | #162 | 6 | 1 in 803 |
| North Dakota | #162 | 6 | 1 in 770 |
| New Mexico | #163 | 13 | 1 in 667 |
| Michigan | #184 | 58 | 1 in 1,027 |
| Missouri | #186 | 32 | 1 in 1,009 |
| Rhode Island | #186 | 5 | 1 in 894 |
| Montana | #189 | 6 | 1 in 780 |
| Arkansas | #219 | 12 | 1 in 1,080 |
| Georgia | #223 | 29 | 1 in 1,159 |
| Oklahoma | #225 | 16 | 1 in 1,157 |
| Colorado | #236 | 15 | 1 in 1,244 |
| Oregon | #243 | 13 | 1 in 1,291 |
| Arizona | #250 | 15 | 1 in 1,191 |
| West Virginia | #254 | 8 | 1 in 1,523 |
| Washington | #268 | 17 | 1 in 1,489 |
| Indiana | #269 | 20 | 1 in 1,812 |
| Pennsylvania | #273 | 39 | 1 in 1,754 |
| Tennessee | #276 | 17 | 1 in 1,675 |
| Kansas | #279 | 9 | 1 in 1,597 |
| Kentucky | #293 | 13 | 1 in 1,884 |
| Texas | #294 | 69 | 1 in 1,610 |
| Illinois | #320 | 36 | 1 in 2,075 |
| Ohio | #338 | 28 | 1 in 2,575 |
| Florida | #343 | 22 | 1 in 2,131 |
| Massachusetts | #387 | 10 | 1 in 3,065 |
| Louisiana | #394 | 13 | 1 in 2,251 |
| Mississippi | #402 | 7 | 1 in 2,227 |
| California | #418 | 64 | 1 in 2,552 |
| North Carolina | #431 | 10 | 1 in 3,286 |
| South Carolina | #451 | 6 | 1 in 2,874 |
| Maryland | #501 | 5 | 1 in 3,895 |
| New Jersey | #502 | 10 | 1 in 3,719 |
| Virginia | #512 | 7 | 1 in 4,169 |
| New York | #516 | 27 | 1 in 3,664 |
| Alabama | #526 | 6 | 1 in 3,819 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Connecticut | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Hawaii | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Becky
- 498 spots since 2024 (#4,473 → #3,975)
- 368 spots since 2020 (#3,607 → #3,975)
- 1,011 spots since 2015 (#2,964 → #3,975)
- Biggest jump: 167 spots in 1935 (#831 → #664)
- Biggest drop: 199 spots in 1888 (#937 → #1,136)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1959 at #102 (4,755 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 7 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 67 yrs · run 1931–1992
- Highest: 1 in 426 girls born in 1959 were named Becky (0.23%)
- Latest: 1 in 44,646 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 34.1% of all girls named Becky (29,601) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 54 | #582 (1881) | #913 |
| 1890s | 35 | #1,091 (1893) | #1,393 |
| 1900s | 49 | #1,339 (1901) | #1,617 |
| 1910s | 165 | #1,303 (1914) | #1,677 |
| 1920s | 392 | #1,064 (1929) | #1,274 |
| 1930s | 1,058 | #416 (1939) | #747 |
| 1940s | 7,727 | #205 (1947) | #268 |
| 1950s | 24,837 | #102 (1959) | #165 |
| 1960s | 29,601 | #111 (1960) | #138 |
| 1970s | 14,309 | #161 (1970) | #199 |
| 1980s | 5,929 | #250 (1981) | #439 |
| 1990s | 1,449 | #859 (1990) | #1,304 |
| 2000s | 615 | #2,034 (2000) | #2,724 |
| 2010s | 467 | #2,784 (2019) | #3,441 |
| 2020s | 211 | #3,607 (2020) | #4,133 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Becky in 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
Top boys' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 1,770 of them was named Becky, which outranked 97.7% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,721,536 boys got a published name in 1979; 1 in 286,923 of them was named Becky, which outranked 24.3% of the 7,071 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #4,842Zebulah7
- #4,842Zeus7
- #4,842Zoltan7
- #5,355Becky6
- #5,355Aasim6
- #5,355Abdallah6
- #5,355Abdula6
- #6,056Aakash5
- #6,056Aarn5
- #6,056Aaryn5
Tied with 700 names at #5,355; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.