Beckham

What Beckham means

Means “homestead”

From Old English personal name Becca + hām (“homestead”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Beckham” (revision 94534785), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Beckham?

US: Rising: up from #359 in 2015. England & Wales: New in the last 10 years.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 2,185 boys got the name (#168 that year). First in the US records in 1902.

How common

• About 1 in 782 baby boys in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 90,645 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 ND (5.36 per 1,000 boys), UT (4.53 per 1,000 boys), WV (3.41 per 1,000 boys) in 2025.

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

US vs UK

Beckham is #168 in the US and #5137 in England & Wales (2025).

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

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 97.8% of US babies named Beckham 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

• Beckhem6 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 Beckham

Boys

• Cohen#225Editor’s note Up from #336 in 2015 to #225 in 2025 in the US
• Hudson#17Editor’s note Up from #65 in 2015 to #17 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 200 US boys in the 2025 records
• Nolan#65“descendant of Nuallán”^*
• Lennon#807“descendant of Lover (Leannán)”^*
• Kamden#717Editor’s note First shows up in US records in 1986, with 6 babies
• Kohen#295Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #295 vs #896 in 2025

For a sister

• Adley#805Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #805 vs #2,006 in 2025
• Evelyn#8Same root as Eileen, possibly meaning “radiance, beauty”^*
• Emersyn#138Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #138 vs #3,705 in 2025
• Harlow#309Editor’s note Used for both: 85% of US babies named Harlow in 2025 were girls
• Brinley#608Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #608 vs #5,927 in 2025
• Piper#155Editor’s note Cooling off in the US: #67 in 2015, #155 in 2025

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under From a surname, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Beckham’s. Rank is US 2025.