Boys' name · peaked in 2025
Beckett name popularity since 1925
30,530 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Beckett (4.5% girls, 95.5% boys). Half of them were born in 2018 or earlier, so the typical Beckett is about 8 years old in 2026. Beckett peaked in 2025 as the #141 name for boys, and it ranked #141 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 30,530
- Named Beckett, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #141
- for boys in 2025 (2,518 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 95.5% boys
- 1,374 girls · 29,156 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 2.94× its national share
Peak year is the year Beckett made up the largest share of US boys, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Beckett births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Beckett both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2005 and 2010, Beckett became 6.1× more common, from 1 in 13,700 baby boys to 1 in 2,230.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Beckett's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Beckett.
Decade by decade
Babies named Beckett in each decade, and its rank among boys' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 0 | 0 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 5 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1990s | 0 | 68 | #6,465 |
| 2000s | 28 | 2,424 | #1,123 |
| 2010s | 672 | 14,381 | #218 |
| 2020–25 | 669 | 12,283 | #141 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 boys that year, so they can go past 1,000. "Under 5" means fewer than 5 boys got the name.
Generation fingerprint
82.1% of babies named Beckett from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Beckett is most popular
The index compares Beckett's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Beckett.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 2.94× | 731 |
| Nebraska | 2.41× | 493 |
| Kansas | 2.09× | 622 |
| Colorado | 2.07× | 746 |
| Iowa | 2.07× | 769 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Beckett's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Beckett.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Beckett (2025).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data