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Beck

Pronunciation
[Beck]
Gender
Male
Meaning
Brook
Origin
English

Beck Popularity Snapshot

Across the entire US Social Security Administration record (1880–2024), 3,724 baby boys have been named Beck. The name peaked in 2024 with 223 US births that year (rank #1005). In 2024, ranked #1005 nationally.

Top States for Beck

Based on 1910–2024 US SSA state-level records, the three states with the most Beck births are: California (337), Texas (329), Utah (256).

Other English-Origin Names Like Beck

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4-Letter Names Starting with B

Names with Beck's exact length and starting letter: Baal, Babu, Badr, Badu, Baen.

Quick Facts About Beck

5,642
English baby names in our dictionary
3,391
English male names
91
4-letter B-names in our dictionary
783
B-male names total
2025–2025
years of US SSA records (1 total)
259
total US births named Beck (all years)

US Popularity History (2025–2025)

Annual US births named Beck by gender, from US Social Security Administration records. Peak year: 2025 with 259 boys named Beck (boy rank #913 that year).

Source: US Social Security Administration. Limitations: US birth-certificate data only; names appearing fewer than 5 times in a given year are suppressed for privacy; spelling variants are counted separately. For names that ranked outside the US top 100 before year 2000, only the years they reached the top 100 are shown — the chart may have gaps for less-popular historical names.

Where in the US Is Beck Most Popular?

Average boy-name rank within each state across 2016–2025 SSA records. A lower number means the name appears closer to the top of that state's boys-name rankings — a per-capita measure that isn't biased toward large states. For Beck the strongest states are Utah, Idaho, Colorado.

Strongest boys-name states

# State Avg rank Births
1 Utah #328 136
2 Idaho #388 16
3 Colorado #635 64
4 Minnesota #642 29
5 Oklahoma #651 28
6 Wisconsin #663 26
7 Louisiana #669 20
8 Indiana #742 61
9 Washington #753 31
10 Missouri #821 27

Weakest boys-name states

# State Avg rank Births
1 Texas #924 100
2 Michigan #909 21
3 Tennessee #871 20
4 Illinois #852 39
5 Arizona #837 23
6 Missouri #821 27
7 Washington #753 31
8 Indiana #742 61
9 Louisiana #669 20
10 Wisconsin #663 26

Source: SSA state-level baby-name dataset 2016–2025. States with fewer than 3 years of data for Beck in this window are excluded. Births < 5 in a given state-year are suppressed by SSA for privacy.

Famous People Named Beck

1 notable figure from history and culture who share the name Beck.

  • Beck — Rock Singer (1970)

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Compare Beck to Other Popular Names

Side-by-side popularity charts and crossover years for Beck against today's most popular boys-name peers (top 8 by US births in the last 10 years of SSA records).

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