Beckett

What Beckett means

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

Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1992, with 6 babies Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Beckett?

US: Rising: up from #218 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #2150 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 2,518 boys got the name (#141 that year). First in the US records in 1992.

How common

• About 1 in 678 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 15,996 baby boys in England and Wales 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 VT (8.25 per 1,000 boys), SD (6.77 per 1,000 boys), IA (5.57 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Beckett is #141 in the US and #1538 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 95.9% of US babies named Beckett were boys.

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

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Becket29 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 Beckett

Boys

• Finn#206“the Sami”^*
• Micah#90“who is like Yahweh”^*
• Ronan#247Irish, meaning “little seal”^*
• Crew#256“weir”^*
• Josiah#54Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #54 vs #226 in 2025
• Giovanni#123Same root as John, possibly meaning “God is gracious”^*

For a sister

• Brynlee#243Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1995, with 5 babies
• Elliana#139Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #301 in 2015, #139 in 2025
• Selah#216“to hang”^*
• Zoey#69Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1967, with 6 babies
• Adalynn#184Form of Adela, meaning “noble”^*
• Sofia#9“wisdom, especially divine wisdom”^*

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 Beckett’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.