Becky

Where Becky comes from

The dictionaries list Becky as a given name — a diminutive of the female given name Rebecca — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #628 among girls — 8 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1959
    Peak, #102
    4,755 babies named Becky — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #153.
  4. 1977
    Becky Hammon born
    American-Russian basketball player and coach
  5. 1985
    Becky Sauerbrunn born
    American soccer player
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Rebecca.
Namesakes
  • Becky Sauerbrunn · American soccer player, born 1985
  • Becky Hammon · American-Russian basketball player and coach, born 1977
  • Becky Hill · British singer, born 1994
  • Becky Chambers · American author, born 1985
  • Becky Ann Baker · American actress, born 1953

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.