How Many People Are Named Becket?
An estimated 554 people in the United States have the first name Becket. It is almost exclusively a male name. The average bearer is 12 years old, and Becket peaked in popularity in 2016 with 41 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Becket as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Becket paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
554
About 1 in 618,690 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Male
100.0% confidence
Average Age
12
years old
Peak Year
2016
41 births
Total Registered
559
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Becket
Becket is almost exclusively a male name. Out of 559 total births registered, 100.0% were male.
Becket as a male name
Ranked #3,325 in 2024
35 male births in 2024
Peak: 2016 (41 births)
Becket: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Becket span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 4 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2010s, when 282 babies were registered. While Becket is less common than at its peak in the 2010s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Becket by Decade
How has Becket tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Becket by State
Becket + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Becket as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Becket
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Becket: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Becket?
We estimate approximately 554 people named Becket are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 618,690 Americans share this first name.
Is Becket a common name?
Becket is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 85.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 559 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Becket most popular?
Becket reached peak popularity in 2016, when 41 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Becket is approximately 12 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Becket a male name?
Becket is predominantly male. 100.0% of people with this name are male. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Becket Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Becket Smith, Becket Johnson, Becket Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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