Becket
Boy · BEK-it · English
Becket is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,756th for boys in the US (29 babies).
What does Becket mean?
English: spelling of Beckett; surname of uncertain origin
Recalls playwright Samuel Beckett and St Thomas Becket, the archbishop murdered in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.
- Say it
- BEK-it
Meaning borrowed from Beckett.
Is Becket a girl's or a boy's name?
Becket is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 29 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Becket in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,756among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 29about 1 in 59,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 29 boys in the US were named Becket, making it the 3,756th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,694th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 41 boys. It first appears in the records in 1969.
Half of all the boys named Becket in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 2,547 boys in the US were given Becket or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #159, up from #3,756 for this spelling alone.
- Beckett 2,518
- Becket 29
Becket in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 29 | #3,756 |
| 2024 | 36 | #3,270 |
| 2023 | 27 | #3,999 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,051 |
| 2021 | 41 | #2,971 |
| 2020 | 20 | #4,694 |
| 2019 | 31 | #3,568 |
| 2018 | 13 | #6,341 |
| 2017 | 32 | #3,437 |
| 2016 | 41 | #2,884 |
| 2015 | 24 | #4,177 |
| 2014 | 26 | #3,888 |
| 2013 | 37 | #2,996 |
| 2012 | 26 | #3,891 |
| 2011 | 27 | #3,790 |
| 2010 | 25 | #3,993 |
| 2009 | 18 | #5,100 |
| 2008 | 17 | #5,244 |
| 2007 | 17 | #5,207 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 10 | #6,515 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 9 | #6,832 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 6 | #3,934 |
Names like Becket
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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