first name
BECKY
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 68,256 people named Becky, 87.2% reported their origin as White, 5.3% as Hispanic or Latino and 2.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.9%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Becky peaked in 1959, when 4,755 babies got the name.
At least 87,042 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.
Becky by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #252. The largest share of babies named Becky, 55.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
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 Becky is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Becky has been most common in Idaho (2.7×), Iowa (2.6×), and Wyoming (2.6×), and least common in Rhode Island (0.12×).
83,412 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 Becky
Spelled almost the same
4 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Becky, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Becky ranks #147,221 of 156,621, with 113 people. See Becky as a last name
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