girls:
201 births since 2011
#5515 (3rd percentile)
boys:
15.9k births since 1902
#919 (80th percentile)
overall:
16.1k births since 1902
#2038 (74th percentile)
The name Beckham is the #2,038 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 16,145 recorded births since 1902. This represents the 73.7% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 73.7% of all names). For boys, it ranks #919 (80.0% percentile) for all time with 15,944 births since 1902. For girls, it ranks #5,515 (3.5% percentile) for all time with 201 births since 2011.
Beckham first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1902 (1902 for boys and 2011 for girls). Birth data for Beckham is available in 33 out of the 122 years between 1902 and 2023 (33 years for boys and 12 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 Beckham has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 98.8% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Beckham reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 79.0% percentile (ranked #195) with 978 births per million. The name was most common in 2023, with 999 births per million (ranked 78.6% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2001, the popularity of this name for boys has been increasing. Currently, Beckham is at or near its peak popularity for boys, ranked #196 (78.6% percentile) with 999 births per million.
For girls, Beckham 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). Over the past 5 years, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Beckham 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 "Beckham".
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Our model has identified 2 different pronunciations for the name Beckham. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 86.0% confident that Beckham is pronounced as BEH-kuhm, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is BEHK-ham, at 14.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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