How rare is the name Beckett?

17,466 people in the United States have the first name Beckett, about 1 in 17,293. It ranks #1,735 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

BECKETT

#1,735

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
17,466
About
1 in 17,293
This common or more
76.7%
Who bears it

Of the 17,466 people named Beckett, 89.3% reported their origin as White, 5.1% as two or more races and 4.5% as Hispanic or Latino. 95.6% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Beckett peaked in 2025, when 2,625 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19662025
Peak year
2025
Births that year
2,625
In 2025*
2,625
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 30,530 babies have been given the name since 1966. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Beckett by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 2020s, when it ranked #316. The largest share of babies named Beckett, 82.1%, were born in 2013 or later.

1960s#17,2535
1990s#16,23968
2000s#1,7692,452
2010s#47115,053
2020s#31612,952
Generation X 1965–800%
Millennials 1981–960.1%
Generation Z 1997–1217.8%
2013 and later82.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Beckett is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Beckett has been most common in Utah (3×), North Dakota (2.6×), and South Dakota (2.5×), and least common in District of Columbia (0.28×).

28,862 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Beckett

#1,733 Hans · 17,537#1,734 Claudette · 17,470#1,736 Isiah · 17,463#1,737 Celina · 17,445

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Beckett, most common first.

#20,881 Becket · 491

Also a last name

As a last name, Beckett ranks #3,071 of 156,621, with 11,411 people. See Beckett as a last name

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