# Becky (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/becky/  
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 | girls |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈbɛki/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Becki, Beckie, Beki |
| US babies named this | 87,042 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 144 / 86,898 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 994, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 45 | 3,503 |
| 2012 | 41 | 3,793 |
| 2013 | 39 | 3,859 |
| 2014 | 54 | 3,084 |
| 2015 | 58 | 2,968 |
| 2016 | 45 | 3,469 |
| 2017 | 43 | 3,564 |
| 2018 | 37 | 3,934 |
| 2019 | 60 | 2,786 |
| 2020 | 41 | 3,626 |
| 2021 | 39 | 3,815 |
| 2022 | 26 | 5,042 |
| 2023 | 38 | 3,923 |
| 2024 | 31 | 4,490 |
| 2025 | 36 | 3,992 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 11 | 2,519 |
| 1962 | 11 | 2,517 |
| 1963 | 12 | 2,428 |
| 1964 | 7 | 3,310 |
| 1965 | 9 | 2,797 |
| 1967 | 7 | 3,264 |
| 1968 | 5 | 4,187 |
| 1969 | 6 | 3,983 |
| 1971 | 10 | 3,168 |
| 1972 | 10 | 3,177 |
| 1973 | 5 | 5,170 |
| 1974 | 5 | 5,286 |
| 1975 | 6 | 4,850 |
| 1979 | 6 | 5,420 |
| 1980 | 7 | 4,982 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 35 | 802 |
| 2006 | 30 | 958 |
| 2007 | 27 | 1,073 |
| 2008 | 22 | 1,302 |
| 2009 | 20 | 1,411 |
| 2010 | 13 | 1,993 |
| 2011 | 13 | 2,025 |
| 2012 | 11 | 2,338 |
| 2013 | 5 | 4,050 |
| 2014 | 6 | 3,514 |
| 2016 | 7 | 3,214 |
| 2017 | 7 | 3,229 |
| 2018 | 3 | 5,666 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |

## People named Becky

- Becky Sauerbrunn, American soccer player
- Becky Hammon, American-Russian basketball player and coach
- Becky Hill, British singer (born 1994)
- Becky Ann Baker, American actress
- Becky Chambers, American author
- Becky Albertalli, American author of young adult fiction
- Becky Kellar-Duke, Canadian women's ice hockey player
- Becky Dyroen-Lancer, American synchronized swimmer
- Becky Wahlstrom, American actress
- Becky Anderson, British journalist
- Becky Hobbs, American country singer, songwriter and pianist
- Becky Bayless, American professional wrestler

## 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.