Beecher

Last seen for boys in 2022 at #12,330

Peak · boys
1904 · 9 births
Debut · boys
5 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,019
since 1884

Beecher over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Beecher has never cracked the top 800 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #810, 1904boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yearboys
rankbirths
2025—
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2023—
2022#12,3305
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2018—
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2008#11,0376
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2002#8,4567
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1991#7,2716
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1978#5,0596
1977#5,1236
1976#5,5875
1975#4,3097
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1967—
1966#3,5376
1965#3,2447
1964#3,6016
1963#2,8589
1962#3,3057
1961#3,3567
1960#3,0778
1959#3,0378
1958#3,5596
1957#3,5526
1956#2,26313
1955#2,55810
1954#3,1767
1953#2,7099
1952#2,37611
1951#2,6629
1950#2,32111
1949#2,12313
1948#1,88116
1947#1,91616
1946#1,88415
1945#2,3939
1944#1,73816
1943#2,07413
1942#1,68218
1941#2,33310
1940#1,73616
1939#1,57818
1938#2,08412
1937#1,62718
1936#1,80115
1935#2,12712
1934#1,93214
1933#2,21411
1932#1,32427
1931#1,48922
1930#1,60221
1929#1,73119
1928#1,44826
1927#1,87118
1926#1,51524
1925#1,27932
1924#1,53225
1923#1,81619
1922#1,30831
1921#1,19936
1920#1,69421
1919#1,29730
1918#1,37327
1917#1,13235
1916#1,17631
1915#1,70717
1914#1,07328
1913#2,0928
1912#1,41712
1911#1,5376
1910#1,3147
1909—
1908#1,1137
1907—
1906—
1905#8369
1904#8109
1903#1,1305
1902#1,1375
1901—
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1899—
1898#1,1215
1897#1,0575
1896—
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1892—
1891#9635
1890—
1889—
1888#8157
1887—
1886#9595
1885—
1884#9715
1883—
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1880—
First appearance
1884

The first year at least five boys were named Beecher! It came in at #971, and was given to 5 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1884–1887, when fewer than 6 boys a year got the name.

Where Beecher is popular in 1942

No state had 5 or more boys named Beecher in 1942, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Beecher
Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2022
  • Biggest jump: 320 spots in 1904 (#1,130 → #810)
  • Biggest drop: 26 spots in 1905 (#810 → #836)
Rise & fade · boys
20 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1884
  • Peaked 1904 at #810 (9 births)
  • Births halved by 1906, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Top 1,000 for 6 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 6 yrs · run 1904–1905
Share of babies · boys
1 in 14,236
  • Highest: 1 in 14,236 boys born in 1904 were named Beecher (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 349,202 boys born in 2022 (0.00%)
Era · boys
The 1920s
  • 24.6% of all boys named Beecher (251) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s17#815 (1888)#915
1890s15#963 (1891)#1,047
1900s35#810 (1904)#1,005
1910s201#1,073 (1914)#1,412
1920s251#1,199 (1921)#1,539
1930s170#1,324 (1932)#1,778
1940s142#1,682 (1942)#1,976
1950s90#2,263 (1956)#2,821
1960s50#2,858 (1963)#3,283
1970s24#4,309 (1975)#5,020
1980s0——
1990s6#7,271 (1991)#7,271
2000s13#8,456 (2002)#9,747
2010s0——
2020s5#12,330 (2022)#12,330

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.

Beecher in 1942

boys
#1,682
18 births · 1 in 76,731 boys

Top boys' names in 1942

  1. #1James77,182
  2. #2Robert71,845
  3. #3John66,043
  4. #4William54,890
  5. #5Richard43,593
  6. #6David35,905
  7. #7Charles35,854
  8. #8Thomas31,100
  9. #9Ronald27,138
  10. #10Donald23,955
  11. #1,682Beecher18
More about 1942

boys

1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 76,731 of them was named Beecher, which outranked 58.4% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Beecher
  1. #1,629Virgel19
  2. #1,629Wilburt19
  3. #1,629Wilma19
  4. #1,682Beecher18
  5. #1,682Aubry18
  6. #1,682Burdette18
  7. #1,682Burrell18
  8. #1,730Ace17
  9. #1,730Alvaro17
  10. #1,730Anselmo17

Tied with 47 names at #1,682; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,993Macarthur#3,505 → #512
  2. ↑ 1,546Mcarthur#1,903 → #357
  3. ↑ 655Collin#1,588 → #933
  4. ↑ 514Delmas#1,254 → #740
  5. ↑ 390Colin#713 → #323
Fallers
  1. ↓ 525Otho#971 → #1,496
  2. ↓ 440Florian#918 → #1,358
  3. ↓ 421Martha#960 → #1,381
  4. ↓ 407Watson#951 → #1,358
  5. ↓ 371Gaylen#987 → #1,358

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1942 →