Beck

What Beck means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Beck yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #913 vs #2,133 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Beck?

US: Rising: up from #1231 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #2020 in 2015, #2133 now.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 259 boys got the name (#913 that year). First in the US records in 1957.

How common

• About 1 in 6,595 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 24,721 baby boys in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 6,547 baby boys in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in UT (0.66 per 1,000 boys), CO (0.6 per 1,000 boys), KS (0.57 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed boys born in each state.

US vs UK

Beck is #913 in the US and #2133 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (boys). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 95.6% of US babies named Beck were boys.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

Other spellings

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Buck76 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Beck

Boys

• Amari#185“Does the given name have different origins?”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Owen#31Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #31 vs #170 in 2025
• Cooper#27Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #77 in 2015, #27 in 2025
• Jett#169Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #169 vs #452 in 2025
• Zion#142Editor’s note Up from #227 in 2015 to #142 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 680 US boys in the 2025 records

For a sister

• Ailani#168Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,199 in 2015, #168 in 2025
• Nyla#236Editor’s note Up from #326 in 2015 to #236 in 2025 in the US
• Phoebe#157“bright”^*
• Gianna#33Same root as Jane, meaning “God is gracious”^*
• Mia#6Editor’s note Steady in the US: #6 in 2015 and #6 in 2025. About 1 in 150 US girls in the 2025 records
• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Beck’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.