girls:
101 births since 2019
#5615 (2nd percentile)
boys:
3.5k births since 1957
#2111 (54th percentile)
overall:
3.6k births since 1957
#4563 (41st percentile)
The name Beck is the #4,563 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,601 recorded births since 1957. This represents the 41.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 41.0% of all names). For boys, it ranks #2,111 (53.9% percentile) for all time with 3,500 births since 1957. For girls, it ranks #5,615 (1.7% percentile) for all time with 101 births since 2019.
Beck first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1957 (1957 for boys and 2019 for girls). Birth data for Beck is available in 41 out of the 67 years between 1957 and 2023 (41 years for boys and 5 years for girls). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Beck has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 97.2% of all recorded births being male. In 2023, 88.2% of babies named Beck were boys.
For boys, Beck reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 23.1% percentile (ranked #711) with 117 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 117 births per million (ranked 23.1% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2014, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Beck is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #706 (22.5% percentile) with 115 births per million.
For girls, Beck reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 2.4% percentile (ranked #924) with 16 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 16 births per million (ranked 2.4% percentile). In recent years, the popularity of this name for girls has remained relatively stable. Currently, Beck is at or near its peak popularity for girls, ranked #924 (2.4% percentile) with 16 births per million.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Beck".
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