Bekah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- BEK-ah
- Origin
- Hebrew
Bekah is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Bekah mean?
Hebrew: spelling of Becka; pet form of Rebecca
Pet form of Rebecca, the wife of Isaac in the Book of Genesis.
Meaning borrowed from Becka. More on Wiktionary.
Is Bekah a girl's or a boy's name?
Bekah is a girls' name.
How popular is Bekah in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 13 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Bekah in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
Bekah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 9 | #10,287 |
| 2020 | 8 | #11,085 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 10 | #9,801 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 8 | #11,102 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 9 | #9,867 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 6 | #11,773 |
| 1992 | 9 | #8,726 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 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 | 6 | #8,154 |
Names like Bekah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hadassah Selah Aaliyah Salem Taliyah Farah Kaliyah Zaniyah Zainab Safa Azariah Jaliyah
Names related to Bekah
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
Sources
Figures from 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, “Bekah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/bekah, updated 20 October 2026.