How Many People Are Named Becky?
people named Becky are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 4,668 people in the US has this name
Based on 87,042 babies named Becky in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
4,755 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Diminutive of REBECCA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Becky in English. Counting Becky and these spellings together, about 73,314 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Becky (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Becky alive today is about 60 years old, and 60% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 54 and 67 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Becky first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1959, to 4,755 babies. In 2025, 36 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Becky has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #102, in 1959. In 2025 it ranked #3,991.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #3,991 |
| Best rank | #102 (1959) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #135 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Becky alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Becky were born in Texas than in any other state: about 6,527 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Becky was given 3.1 times as often in Idaho, 3.1 times in Utah and 2.4 times in Iowa.
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