Girls' name · peaked in 1959

Becky name popularity since 1925

86,553 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Becky. Half of them were born in 1962 or earlier, so the typical Becky is about 64 years old in 2026. Becky peaked in 1959 as the #102 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.

US babies since 1925: 86,553; Named Becky, 1925–2025
Peak year: 1959; #102 for girls that year
Typical age: About 64; Median birth year 1962
In 2025: Not top 1,000; #3,992 for girls in 2025
Girls / boys: 99.8% girls; 86,409 girls · 144 boys
Most popular in: Iowa; 2.73× its national share

Peak year is the year Becky made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.

Becky births per year, 1925–2025

1959 was the biggest year for Becky both by count and as a share of all babies.

Fastest rise: Between 1937 and 1942, Becky became 3.5× more common, from 1 in 9,330 baby girls to 1 in 2,640.
Steepest fall: Between 1981 and 1986, its share of baby girls fell by 63%, from 1 in 1,680 to 1 in 4,490.

Shaded on the chart. Both compare Becky's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Becky.

Decade by decade

Babies named Becky in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).

Decade	Girls	Boys	Rank
1925–29	206	0	–
1930s	1,058	0	#666
1940s	7,727	5	#263
1950s	24,837	33	#174
1960s	29,601	57	#143
1970s	14,309	42	#193
1980s	5,929	7	#427
1990s	1,449	0	#1,474
2000s	615	0	#2,872
2010s	467	0	#2,968
2020–25	211	0	#3,992

Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.

Generation fingerprint

55.6% of babies named Becky from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:

Where Becky is most popular

The index compares Becky'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 Becky.

State	Index	Babies
Iowa	2.73×	2,931
Idaho	2.66×	894
South Dakota	2.37×	636
Utah	2.30×	1,655
Montana	2.10×	519

Other spellings

Spellings that sound like Becky and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.

Spelling	Girls	Peak year
Becky (this page)	86,409	1959
Beckie	2,646	1882
Becki	2,510	1961

Names with a similar story

Of the other 1999 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Becky's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Becky.

Names from the same era

Other common names that peaked within two years of Becky (1959).

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