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How popular is “Becky” in the USA?

Number of people named “Becky” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Becky” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Becky” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Becky” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Becky” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Becky” by birth year

This chart shows how “Becky” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 8 0.000039705 8 100%
1881 9 0.000046708 9 100%
1884 6 0.000024645 6 100%
1885 5 0.000020759 5 100%
1886 7 0.000027417 7 100%
1887 7 0.000028295 7 100%
1888 6 0.000020035 6 100%
1889 6 0.000020765 6 100%
1890 5 0.000016589 5 100%
1892 5 0.000014953 5 100%
1893 8 0.000024599 8 100%
1895 5 0.000014244 5 100%
1897 6 0.000017293 6 100%
1898 6 0.000015729 6 100%
1900 6 0.000013326 6 100%
1901 7 0.000020242 7 100%
1904 6 0.00001487 6 100%
1906 8 0.000018672 8 100%
1907 5 0.000010744 5 100%
1908 10 0.000020465 10 100%
1909 7 0.000013693 7 100%
1910 7 0.00001185 7 100%
1911 7 0.000010865 7 100%
1912 11 0.000011133 11 100%
1914 23 0.000016239 23 100%
1915 23 0.000012552 23 100%
1916 18 0.000009305 18 100%
1917 30 0.00001495 30 100%
1918 20 0.000009212 20 100%
1919 26 0.000012321 26 100%
1920 24 0.000010607 24 100%
1921 39 0.000016706 39 100%
1922 37 0.000016163 37 100%
1923 49 0.000021281 49 100%
1924 37 0.000015536 37 100%
1925 45 0.000019286 45 100%
1926 28 0.000012196 28 100%
1927 44 0.000018971 44 100%
1928 42 0.000018576 42 100%
1929 47 0.00002144 47 100%
1930 47 0.00002114 47 100%
1931 52 0.00002471 52 100%
1932 56 0.000026524 56 100%
1933 62 0.000031009 62 100%
1934 67 0.000032261 67 100%
1935 99 0.000047371 99 100%
1936 118 0.000056797 118 100%
1937 114 0.000053504 114 100%
1938 178 0.000080449 178 100%
1939 265 0.000120266 265 100%
1940 346 0.000150259 346 100%
1941 428 0.000175667 428 100%
1942 512 0.000187421 512 100%
1943 551 0.000195213 551 100%
1944 592 0.000220068 592 100%
1945 657 0.000247653 657 100%
1946 1038 0.000324851 1038 100%
1947 1298 0.000360323 1298 100%
1948 1200 0.000347572 1200 100%
1949 1110 0.000318528 1105 5 99%
1950 1241 0.000354232 1236 5 99%
1951 1259 0.000341772 1259 100%
1952 1537 0.000404686 1537 100%
1953 1627 0.000422198 1627 100%
1954 1849 0.00046449 1849 100%
1955 2007 0.000499866 2002 5 100%
1956 2693 0.000653159 2688 5 100%
1957 3531 0.000840286 3524 7 100%
1958 4373 0.001057838 4362 11 99%
1959 4755 0.001143581 4755 100%
1960 4324 0.001040971 4324 100%
1961 4095 0.000988581 4095 100%
1962 3715 0.000920609 3704 11 99%
1963 3319 0.000838512 3307 12 99%
1964 3111 0.000800236 3104 7 100%
1965 2598 0.000716601 2589 9 99%
1966 2297 0.000660883 2297 100%
1967 2038 0.000600313 2031 7 99%
1968 2060 0.000609754 2055 5 100%
1969 2100 0.00060426 2094 6 99%
1970 2071 0.000574239 2071 100%
1971 1940 0.00056521 1930 10 99%
1972 1797 0.000571748 1787 10 99%
1973 1617 0.000535983 1612 5 99%
1974 1502 0.000494079 1497 5 99%
1975 1311 0.000434193 1305 6 99%
1976 1196 0.00039416 1196 100%
1977 1009 0.000317646 1009 100%
1978 996 0.000313812 996 100%
1979 913 0.000274421 907 6 99%
1980 1018 0.000295543 1011 7 99%
1981 993 0.000287046 993 100%
1982 800 0.000228053 800 100%
1983 689 0.000198941 689 100%
1984 578 0.000165675 578 100%
1985 515 0.000144294 515 100%
1986 382 0.000107392 382 100%
1987 377 0.000104559 377 100%
1988 324 0.000087685 324 100%
1989 261 0.00006789 261 100%
1990 229 0.000057938 229 100%
1991 205 0.000052628 205 100%
1992 192 0.000049983 192 100%
1993 161 0.000042702 161 100%
1994 139 0.000037389 139 100%
1995 108 0.000029491 108 100%
1996 117 0.000032079 117 100%
1997 129 0.000035579 129 100%
1998 80 0.00002175 80 100%
1999 89 0.000024094 89 100%
2000 81 0.000021429 81 100%
2001 66 0.000017631 66 100%
2002 66 0.000017655 66 100%
2003 53 0.000013939 53 100%
2004 56 0.000014656 56 100%
2005 57 0.000014825 57 100%
2006 53 0.000013397 53 100%
2007 68 0.00001701 68 100%
2008 56 0.000014247 56 100%
2009 59 0.000015444 59 100%
2010 45 0.000012176 45 100%
2011 45 0.000012303 45 100%
2012 41 0.00001121 41 100%
2013 39 0.000010698 39 100%
2014 54 0.000014569 54 100%
2015 58 0.000015672 58 100%
2016 45 0.000012266 45 100%
2017 43 0.000012024 43 100%
2018 37 0.000010524 37 100%
2019 60 0.000017286 60 100%
2020 41 0.000012273 41 100%
2021 39 0.000011511 39 100%
2022 26 0.000007685 26 100%
2023 38 0.000011476 38 100%
2024 31 0.000009314 31 100%

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  2. Becklynn
  3. Beckman
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  5. Beckum
  6. Becky (this page)
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