How Many People Are Named Beckett?

30,311

people named Beckett are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 11,275 people in the US has this name

Based on 30,530 babies named Beckett in Social Security records from 1966 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#1,268

💎 Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#537

See the top 100

Peak Year

2025

2,625 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: English (Modern)
Pronunciation: BEK-it
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

From an English surname which could be derived from various sources, including from Middle English beke meaning "beak" or bekke meaning "stream, brook".

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
4.5%
Male
95.5%

Of the babies given the name Beckett, 4.5% were girls and 95.5% were boys. The share has stayed close to this since the 2000s: 1.1% of the babies were girls then and 5.2% in the 2020s.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Beckett alive today is about 7 years old, and 100% are under 30. Half of them were between 3 and 11 in 2025.

Under 30 30,293
99.9%
30 to 59 18
0.1%
60 and over 0
0%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Beckett first appears in the records in 1966, and 2025 was its biggest year so far, with 2,625 babies.

Babies given the name each year, 1966 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Beckett has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #141, in 2025. In 2025 it ranked #141.

Boys
Rank in 2025#141
Best rank#141 (2025)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#256 in the 2010s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Beckett alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Beckett were born in Texas than in any other state: about 2,423 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Beckett was given 3.9 times as often in North Dakota, 3.5 times in South Dakota and 2.9 times in Iowa.

Texas 2,423
California 1,606
Ohio 1,531
Illinois 1,112
Minnesota 1,092
Indiana 997
Missouri 995
Florida 993
Wisconsin 986
Michigan 982
North Carolina 982
Pennsylvania 898
Georgia 860
Tennessee 818
New York 770
Iowa 764
Colorado 741
Washington 739
Utah 726
Virginia 668
Kansas 618
Arkansas 546
Massachusetts 520
Arizona 503
Nebraska 489
Oklahoma 482
Kentucky 481
Louisiana 446
South Carolina 373
Alabama 367
Maryland 364
Oregon 333
Idaho 271
North Dakota 259
New Jersey 246
South Dakota 244
Connecticut 208
Mississippi 200
New Hampshire 200
Maine 188
West Virginia 146
Montana 109
Nevada 101
Rhode Island 61
Vermont 61
Alaska 43
District of Columbia 37
Wyoming 29
Delaware 28
New Mexico 16
Hawaii 5

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