Becker

Popularity Trends

The name Becker is the #7,260 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 479 recorded births since 1989. This represents the 6.2% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 6.2% of all names). For boys, it ranks #4,107 (10.4% percentile) for all time with 479 births since 1989.

Becker first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1989 (first recorded for boys in 1989). Birth data for Becker is available in 26 out of the 35 years between 1989 and 2023. 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.

For boys, Becker reached its peak popularity in 2023, achieving the 2.9% percentile (ranked #885) with 17 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 17 births per million (ranked 2.9% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Becker is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #885 (2.9% percentile) with 17 births per million.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Becker".

1989 2023 19892023

Key Statistics

Total Births

479

Peak Births

Peak Year

2023

First Recorded

1989

Peak Percentile

2.9%

Current Percentile

2.9%

Peak Rank

#885

Current Rank

#885

Male statistics

Names with Similar Spellings

These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Becker", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. These names exclude other spelling variations of this name. View all variations of Becker.

Names with Correlated Trends

These 12 names have popularity trends that correlate most strongly with the name Becker's popularity from 1986 to 2023 on a gender-neutral basis. Names may rise and fall in popularity for a variety of reasons, but correlations often reflect either changes in naming fashion or demographic shifts.

The correlation calculations in the table below ignore absolute popularity to show you names that move in similar directions as the name Becker at the same time. They also correct for changes in the overall birth rate over time. The 0-100% trend values are calculated by dividing each name's gender-neutral births per million by the peak births per million for that name.

The 12 names most strongly correlated to Becker range from Yaseen at 97.5% correlation to Emaan at 97.1% correlation, with an average correlation level of 97.2%. The most popular of these 12 most correlated names is Makai with 8.4K births (96% boys) and the least popular is Sofiya with 1.1K births (100% girls).

Becker's share of births peaked at 16.9 births per million for boys in 2023. It reached its lowest point of 2.9 births per million (17% of peak) in 2003.

This chart shows how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak (100%).

Yaseen

2,936

97.46% (very strong)

Adonai

1,265

97.42% (very strong)

Reef

1,227

97.30% (very strong)

Zahara

3,235

97.28% (very strong)

Sofiya

1,063

97.24% (very strong)

Makai

8,414

97.24% (very strong)

Coen

4,196

97.21% (very strong)

Jet

3,182

97.20% (very strong)

Aliana

8,063

97.17% (very strong)

Boden

4,162

97.14% (very strong)

Kooper

3,923

97.12% (very strong)

Emaan

1,311

97.06% (very strong)

About this table: Correlation values are shown as percentages from 0% to 100%, with each value accompanied by its strength (very weak to very strong). Higher percentages and stronger correlations indicate names that rise and fall together more closely in popularity. The strength labels are color-coded from gray (very weak) to green (very strong). The Trend column visualizes how each name's popularity has changed over time relative to its peak. Absolute correlation values are shown for simplicity (all correlations here are positive). The Total Births column is color-coded by gender distribution - blue shades for predominantly male names and red shades for predominantly female names, with purple hues indicating a more balanced gender distribution.

How to Pronounce Becker

Our model found one way to pronounce the name Becker. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 100.0% confident that Becker is pronounced as BEH-ker, which has 2 syllables.

BEH-ker

100.0%

BEH-ker (2 syllables)

Verified

100.0% confidence

B EH1 K ER0

Possible Additional Pronunciations

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About Pronunciation Data

Our confidence scores estimate the likelihood that a particular pronunciation is the most correct for a given name spelling. These scores are derived from pronunciation dictionaries, manual verification, your feedback, and a fine-tuned large language model trained to generate name pronunciations.

For any given spelling, confidence scores across all identified pronunciations sum to 100%. However, these scores don't account for the possibility of valid pronunciations that our model hasn't identified.

The raw pronunciations shown (like B EH1 K ER0) use the ARPAbet phoneme system, a standardized way to represent English speech sounds. Each symbol represents a distinct sound in American English. Visit the ARPAbet Wikipedia page to learn more about these phonetic symbols.

Pronunciation audio is generated by an open source text to speech model that has been customized to adhere to pronunciations provided in ARPAbet format, but sometimes pronunciations that differ subtly will sound identical, particularly if the only difference is the level of emphasis on a syllable or a single vowel sound.

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