Beckham
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- BEK-um
- Origin
- English
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
- US rank, 2025
- #168 for boys
Beckham is a boys' name of English origin, meaning “homestead of Becca”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies) and 168th for boys in the US (2,185 babies).
What does Beckham mean?
English: English place name and surname
“homestead of Becca”
Best known as the surname of English footballer David Beckham; Beckham is also a village name in Norfolk.
Is Beckham a girl's or a boy's name?
Beckham is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK and 50 girls and 2,185 boys in the US.
How popular is Beckham in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Rising fastup 433% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Beckham, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 1999, with 11 boys.
Half of all the boys named Beckham in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Beckham in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,346 |
| 2023 | 6 | #3,279 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #4,884 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 4 | #4,026 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 3 | #4,204 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,054 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,106 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 11 | #1,267 |
| 1998 | 7 | #1,727 |
| 1997 | 8 | #1,532 |
How popular is Beckham in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #168among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 2,185about 1 in 780 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 57% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.8%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 2,185 boys in the US were named Beckham, making it the 168th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 248th. It first appears in the records in 1902. 50 girls were also named Beckham in 2025 (3,167th for girls).
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 7 years. 2025 had the most boys named Beckham of any year since it first appeared, in 1902.
Half of all the boys named Beckham in the US since 1880 were born between 2016 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Beckham in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,185 | #168 |
| 2024 | 2,184 | #168 |
| 2023 | 1,838 | #199 |
| 2022 | 1,833 | #204 |
| 2021 | 1,723 | #223 |
| 2020 | 1,412 | #248 |
| 2019 | 1,364 | #266 |
| 2018 | 1,184 | #295 |
| 2017 | 1,271 | #285 |
| 2016 | 1,120 | #313 |
| 2015 | 923 | #359 |
| 2014 | 575 | #490 |
| 2013 | 504 | #528 |
| 2012 | 492 | #530 |
| 2011 | 360 | #651 |
| 2010 | 303 | #749 |
| 2009 | 254 | #843 |
| 2008 | 231 | #899 |
| 2007 | 173 | #1,073 |
| 2006 | 131 | #1,273 |
| 2005 | 93 | #1,523 |
| 2004 | 65 | #1,876 |
| 2003 | 35 | #2,776 |
| 2002 | 13 | #5,388 |
| 2001 | 5 | #10,548 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 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 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 6 | #3,778 |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #3,739 |
| 1924 | 5 | #4,345 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,232 |
| 1904 | 5 | #1,204 |
| 1903 | 10 | #734 |
| 1902 | 6 | #1,012 |
Nicknames for Beckham
- Beck 14 boys in the UK in 2025
Names like Beckham
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arham Hamza Musa Muhammad Zayan Ibrahim Zayaan Zayd Umar Rayyan Yahya Amir
Other spellings of Beckham
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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, “Beckham: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/beckham, updated 20 October 2026.