Boys' name · peaked in 2025
Beckham name popularity since 1925
20,603 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Beckham (1.5% girls, 98.5% boys). Half of them were born in 2020 or earlier, so the typical Beckham is about 6 years old in 2026. Beckham peaked in 2025 as the #168 name for boys, and it ranked #168 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 20,603
- Named Beckham, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- #168
- for boys in 2025 (2,185 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 98.5% boys
- 310 girls · 20,293 boys
- Most popular in
- Utah
- 8.08× its national share
Peak year is the year Beckham 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.
Beckham births per year, 1925–2025
2025 was the biggest year for Beckham both by count and as a share of all babies.
- Fastest rise: Between 2011 and 2016, Beckham became 3.1× more common, from 1 in 5,280 baby boys to 1 in 1,690.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Beckham's share of all US boys five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Beckham.
Decade by decade
Babies named Beckham 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 | 17 | – |
| 1930s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1940s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1950s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1960s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1970s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1980s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 1990s | 0 | 0 | Under 5 |
| 2000s | 0 | 1,005 | #1,525 |
| 2010s | 103 | 8,096 | #359 |
| 2020–25 | 207 | 11,175 | #168 |
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
89.4% of babies named Beckham from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Gen Alpha years (2013–2025). The full split by generation:
Where Beckham is most popular
The index compares Beckham'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 Beckham.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Utah | 8.08× | 1,360 |
| Arizona | 1.97× | 504 |
| Oklahoma | 1.82× | 468 |
| Kansas | 1.70× | 342 |
| Indiana | 1.64× | 768 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Beckham and were given to at least 1,000 boys from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Boys | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Beckham (this page) | 20,293 | 2025 |
| Beckam | 1,000 | 2014 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Beckham's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Beckham.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Beckham (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