Becky
Becky is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 31 births. Its best rank was 102nd, in 1959.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 310.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 19594,755 births
- Best rank
- #102in 1959
- Since 1880
- 86,865people given the name
The story in the numbers
86,865 girls have been named Becky in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1959, with 4,755 births — 0.23% of all girls recorded that year.
The name has all but left use: 31 births in 2024, against 4,755 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1962, and the 1960s alone account for 34%. It has spent 67 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Becky | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 54 | |
| 1890s | 35 | |
| 1900s | 49 | |
| 1910s | 165 | |
| 1920s | 392 | |
| 1930s | 1,058 | |
| 1940s | 7,727 | |
| 1950s | 24,839 | |
| 1960s | 29,600 | |
| 1970s | 14,310 | |
| 1980s | 5,930 | |
| 1990s | 1,449 | |
| 2000s | 615 | |
| 2010s | 467 | |
| 2020s | 175 |
In 1959, its biggest year
Becky was the 102nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1959 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen and Donna. See all of 1959.
Names that rose and fell with Becky
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Sherriepeak 1962
- Tamapeak 1959
- Geripeak 1958
- Merripeak 1963
- Cherripeak 1961
- Dedepeak 1961
- Taripeak 1959
- Lorrypeak 1960
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.