Beckett
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BEK-it
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,613 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #141 for boys
Beckett is a boys' name of English origin. In 2025 it ranked 1,613th for boys in the UK (17 babies) and 141st for boys in the US (2,518 babies).
What does Beckett mean?
English: surname of uncertain origin
Recalls playwright Samuel Beckett and St Thomas Becket, the archbishop murdered in Canterbury Cathedral in 1170.
Is Beckett a girl's or a boy's name?
Beckett is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 boys in the UK and 107 girls and 2,518 boys in the US.
How popular is Beckett in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,613th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 17 about 1 in 18,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 2% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 17 boys in the UK were named Beckett, making it the 1,613th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2021, with 18 boys.
Half of all the boys named Beckett in the UK since 1996 were born between 2015 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 1,537th in England and Wales.
Beckett in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,613 |
| 2024 | 15 | #1,745 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,457 |
| 2021 | 18 | #1,481 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,543 |
| 2018 | 11 | #2,088 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,649 |
| 2016 | 10 | #2,287 |
| 2015 | 10 | #2,260 |
| 2014 | 12 | #1,929 |
| 2013 | 8 | #2,541 |
| 2012 | 4 | #4,147 |
| 2011 | 5 | #3,446 |
| 2010 | 3 | #4,865 |
| 2009 | 4 | #3,909 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 1 | #4,138 |
How popular is Beckett in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 141st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,518 about 1 in 680 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,518 boys in the US were named Beckett, making it the 141st most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 210th. It first appears in the records in 1992. 107 girls were also named Beckett in 2025 (1,855th for girls).
2025 had the most boys named Beckett of any year since it first appeared, in 1992.
Half of all the boys named Beckett in the US since 1880 were born between 2014 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
Beckett in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,518 | #141 |
| 2024 | 2,196 | #166 |
| 2023 | 1,873 | #196 |
| 2022 | 1,963 | #195 |
| 2021 | 1,923 | #198 |
| 2020 | 1,810 | #210 |
| 2019 | 1,772 | #215 |
| 2018 | 1,653 | #229 |
| 2017 | 1,687 | #227 |
| 2016 | 1,839 | #214 |
| 2015 | 1,822 | #218 |
| 2014 | 1,525 | #245 |
| 2013 | 1,244 | #280 |
| 2012 | 1,042 | #314 |
| 2011 | 937 | #330 |
| 2010 | 860 | #356 |
| 2009 | 713 | #414 |
| 2008 | 577 | #481 |
| 2007 | 361 | #665 |
| 2006 | 281 | #752 |
| 2005 | 146 | #1,122 |
| 2004 | 134 | #1,161 |
| 2003 | 65 | #1,812 |
| 2002 | 58 | #1,912 |
| 2001 | 54 | #1,978 |
| 2000 | 35 | #2,616 |
| 1999 | 22 | #3,475 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 12 | #4,954 |
| 1996 | 9 | #5,975 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
Names like Beckett
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hudson, Jaxon, Grayson, Marley, Oakley, Archer, Enzo, Cooper, Hunter, Carter, Mason, Rowan
Other spellings of Beckett
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Ivy, Harper, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel, Harrison, River, Ellie
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, “Beckett: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/beckett, updated 20 October 2026.