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.
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 1969
Top girls' names in 1969
Top boys' names in 1969
More about 1969
girls
1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 806 of them was named Becky, which outranked 98.2% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,788,174 boys got a published name in 1969; 1 in 298,029 of them was named Becky, which outranked 22.0% of the 5,043 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 27.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,595Zavier7
- #3,595Zbigniew7
- #3,595Zebulon7
- #3,935Becky6
- #3,935Abdon6
- #3,935Able6
- #3,935Acey6
- #4,404Abbott5
- #4,404Adrean5
- #4,404Adrin5
Tied with 468 names at #3,935; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 449Artis#877 → #1,326
- ↓ 410Kennedy#986 → #1,396
- ↓ 408Alfie#968 → #1,376
- ↓ 360Micky#861 → #1,221
- ↓ 356Montgomery#946 → #1,302
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.