Beca

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Beca: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Beca: Recorded every year since 1997, it reached #1,026 in 2003, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
28years from first to last
#1026highest recorded position
7groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1997–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1997	#3824
1998	#2701
1999	#2444
2000	#1389
2001	#1170
2002	#1317
2003	#1026
2004	#1252
2005	#1121
2006	#1502
2007	#1384
2008	#1641
2009	#1596
2010	#1653
2011	#1374
2012	#1991
2013	#1774
2014	#1628
2015	#2070
2016	#2120
2017	#1568
2018	#2340
2019	#1854
2020	#2449
2021	#1785
2022	#3533
2023	#2346
2024	#3318

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1997 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1997–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1997
First recorded at #3824 among girls in England and Wales in 1997 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1997–2024
Highest recorded position: #1026 among girls in England and Wales, in 2003 (recorded 1997–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Beca by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Beca in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000sbusiest	176	10 of 10	18
2010s	159	10 of 10	16
2020s	50	5 of 10	10

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 18 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Beca appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1026 in England and Wales in 2003.

Beca's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2346	11	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3533	6	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1785	16	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2449	10	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1854	15	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1568	20	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2120	13	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2070	13	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1774	16	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1991	14	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1374	22	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1653	17	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1596	17	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1641	16	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1384	19	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1502	16	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1121	22	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1252	18	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1026	23	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1317	15	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1170	17	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1389	13	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1997 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,026, first reached in 2003.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 23 births, registered in England and Wales in 2003.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
28 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
1unbroken stretch — never absent from the recordUnbroken since it first appeared →
#3,318position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
23births registered in its largest year, 2003Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Elanor · #1026, 28y
Darshan · #1027, 28y
Llewellyn · #1027, 29y
Majid · #1027, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Elanor · #1026, 28y
Darshan · #1027, 28y
Llewellyn · #1027, 29y
Majid · #1027, 29y

Beca and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Beca without appearing here.

Beca moved ahead of

Tracy Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2449 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1785 and #5581.
Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2340 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1854 and #5591.
Karin Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2444 and #1557 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1389 and #3912.
Lynette Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2444 and #2444 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #1389 and #3912.

Moved ahead of Beca

Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1785 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3533 and #1452.
Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2346 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #1743.
Liv Compare
In 2017 they stood at #1568 and #1733 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2340 and #1170.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1854 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2449 and #1313.

Moved the opposite way to Beca

Carol Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Beca went from #3824 to #1785 while Carol went from #897 to #3519.
Karin Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Beca went from #3824 to #1785 while Karin went from #1802 to #3192.
Tyler Compare
Between 1997 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Beca went from #3824 to #1785 while Tyler went from #242 to #5581.
Harper Compare
Between 2001 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Beca went from #1170 to #3318 while Harper went from #3262 to #22.

Moved the same way as Beca

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Beca went from #1389 to #3318 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.
Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Beca went from #1317 to #3318 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.
Teddy Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Beca went from #1317 to #3318 and Teddy from #4137 to #5891.

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1997 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1026 in England and Wales in 2003. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Beca

Beca at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Beca by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Beca appears in

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Beca at a glance

Beca by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Beca appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Beca and the names beside it

Beca moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Beca

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