Beck
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BEK
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,859 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #913 for boys
Beck is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “stream, brook”. In 2025 it ranked 1,859th for boys in the UK (14 babies) and 913th for boys in the US (259 babies).
What does Beck mean?
English: northern English word and surname, from Old Norse bekkr
“stream, brook”
In northern England a beck is a stream, a word borrowed from Old Norse.
Is Beck a girl's or a boy's name?
Beck is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 boys in the UK and 12 girls and 259 boys in the US.
How popular is Beck in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,859among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 21,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 14 boys in the UK were named Beck, making it the 1,859th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,923rd. Its busiest year was 1998, with 23 boys.
Half of all the boys named Beck in the UK since 1996 were born between 2003 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,130th in England and Wales and 762nd in Scotland.
Beck in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #1,859 |
| 2024 | 8 | #2,750 |
| 2023 | 8 | #2,691 |
| 2022 | 12 | #1,999 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,619 |
| 2020 | 12 | #1,923 |
| 2019 | 10 | #2,231 |
| 2018 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2017 | 13 | #1,922 |
| 2016 | 8 | #2,690 |
| 2015 | 13 | #1,888 |
| 2014 | 15 | #1,650 |
| 2013 | 10 | #2,176 |
| 2012 | 15 | #1,692 |
| 2011 | 14 | #1,697 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 21 | #1,254 |
| 2008 | 15 | #1,547 |
| 2007 | 15 | #1,540 |
| 2006 | 15 | #1,423 |
| 2005 | 16 | #1,326 |
| 2004 | 13 | #1,417 |
| 2003 | 20 | #1,010 |
| 2002 | 13 | #1,252 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,547 |
| 2000 | 18 | #955 |
| 1999 | 18 | #930 |
| 1998 | 23 | #778 |
| 1997 | 11 | #1,241 |
How popular is Beck in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #913among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 259about 1 in 6,600 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 47% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 259 boys in the US were named Beck, making it the 913th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,035th. It first appears in the records in 1957. 12 girls were also named Beck in 2025 (8,360th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Beck of any year since it first appeared, in 1957.
Half of all the boys named Beck in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Beck in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 259 | #913 |
| 2024 | 223 | #1,005 |
| 2023 | 211 | #1,034 |
| 2022 | 219 | #1,015 |
| 2021 | 199 | #1,071 |
| 2020 | 196 | #1,035 |
| 2019 | 158 | #1,209 |
| 2018 | 116 | #1,489 |
| 2017 | 127 | #1,384 |
| 2016 | 170 | #1,134 |
| 2015 | 148 | #1,231 |
| 2014 | 121 | #1,396 |
| 2013 | 114 | #1,444 |
| 2012 | 122 | #1,376 |
| 2011 | 149 | #1,183 |
| 2010 | 139 | #1,256 |
| 2009 | 146 | #1,226 |
| 2008 | 135 | #1,284 |
| 2007 | 131 | #1,311 |
| 2006 | 131 | #1,273 |
| 2005 | 132 | #1,200 |
| 2004 | 115 | #1,290 |
| 2003 | 79 | #1,588 |
| 2002 | 55 | #1,994 |
| 2001 | 64 | #1,759 |
| 2000 | 73 | #1,605 |
| 1999 | 50 | #1,929 |
| 1998 | 38 | #2,309 |
| 1997 | 33 | #2,445 |
| 1996 | 16 | #4,016 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 12 | #4,797 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 12 | #4,468 |
| 1990 | 11 | #4,667 |
| 1989 | 8 | #5,608 |
| 1988 | 9 | #4,781 |
| 1987 | 12 | #3,726 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 8 | #4,693 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #6,383 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
Names like Beck
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Beck: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/beck, updated 20 October 2026.