# Beckham (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/beckham/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | English |
| Meaning | “homestead” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɛkəm/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Beckom |
| US babies named this | 20,639 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 20,329 / 310 (2% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 71, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Old English personal name Becca + hām (“homestead”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 5 | 17,165 |
| 2013 | 6 | 14,902 |
| 2014 | 11 | 9,632 |
| 2015 | 16 | 7,333 |
| 2016 | 11 | 9,512 |
| 2017 | 17 | 6,854 |
| 2018 | 14 | 7,817 |
| 2019 | 23 | 5,463 |
| 2020 | 20 | 5,890 |
| 2021 | 23 | 5,423 |
| 2022 | 27 | 4,927 |
| 2023 | 28 | 4,769 |
| 2024 | 59 | 2,823 |
| 2025 | 50 | 3,172 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 360 | 651 |
| 2012 | 492 | 530 |
| 2013 | 504 | 528 |
| 2014 | 575 | 490 |
| 2015 | 923 | 359 |
| 2016 | 1,120 | 313 |
| 2017 | 1,271 | 285 |
| 2018 | 1,184 | 295 |
| 2019 | 1,364 | 266 |
| 2020 | 1,412 | 248 |
| 2021 | 1,723 | 223 |
| 2022 | 1,833 | 204 |
| 2023 | 1,838 | 199 |
| 2024 | 2,184 | 168 |
| 2025 | 2,185 | 168 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 8 | 1,454 |
| 1998 | 7 | 1,642 |
| 1999 | 11 | 1,199 |
| 2001 | 5 | 2,220 |
| 2002 | 6 | 2,005 |
| 2003 | 7 | 1,962 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2010 | 4 | 3,865 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2023 | 6 | 3,112 |
| 2024 | 4 | 4,270 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,137 |

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.