Becky

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Becky: Recorded since 1993, it reached #220 in 2000, and it stood at #5,669 in 2022.

3registrars recorded it
39times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#220highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#258
1997	#304
1998	#278
1999	#362
2000	#371
2001	#496
2002	#523
2003	#564
2004	#687
2005	#802
2006	#958
2007	#1073
2008	#1302
2009	#1411
2010	#1993
2011	#2025
2012	#2338
2013	#4050
2014	#3514
2016	#3214
2017	#3229
2018	#5666
2019	#4686
2022	#5669

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

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 24 of the 27 years from 1996 to 2022.

In 2010: #910 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1993 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1993–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1993
First recorded at #516 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1993 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2000–2005
Highest recorded position: #220 among girls in Northern Ireland, in 2000 (recorded 2000–2005).
Northern Ireland · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #5669 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Girls

Becky appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 24 ranked years and 994 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1993.

Becky across 3 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Becky's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#258 (1996)	#258 (1996)	#5669 (2022)	24 of 27	994 (1996–2022)	146 (1996)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#516 (1993)	#468 (2007)	#910 (2010)	11 of 18	42 (1993–2010)	8 (2007)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#220 (2000)	#220 (2000)	#254 (2005)	4 of 6	19 (2000–2005)	6 (2000)

Becky 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 Becky in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	490	4 of 10	123
2000sbusiest	432	10 of 10	43
2010s	69	9 of 10	8
2020s	3	1 of 10	3

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 43 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 1998 and 1999, when recorded births fell by 47, from 136 to 89.

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

Becky appears in

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

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1993 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #220 in Northern Ireland in 2000.

Becky'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
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#4686	4	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#5666	3	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3214	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#3514	6	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#4050	5	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#2338	11	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2025	13	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1993	13	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1411	20	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1302	22	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1073	27	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#958	30	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#802	35	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#687	42	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#564	53	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#523	57	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#496	59	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#371	87	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#362	89	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#278	136	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#304	119	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#258	146	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#254	6	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#372	3	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#286	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#220	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#893	3	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#665	5	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#468	8	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	4	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#536	3	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#528	3	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1993	Republic of Ireland	female	#516	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 3 registrars between 1993 and 2022, ranked in 25 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #220, first reached in 2000.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 146 births, registered in England and Wales in 1996.

Its record falls into 4 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 2 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 7 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

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.

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.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

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Beckham · #1199, 12y
Bee · #2073, 14y
Begw · #2925, 16y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 registrars, 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.

Charis · #220, 29y
Cianan · #220, 23y
Demi-Leigh · #220, 29y
Bryn · #219, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Charis · #220, 29y
Cianan · #220, 23y
Demi-Leigh · #220, 29y
Owain · #220, 29y

Becky was ranked #220 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2000. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Becky 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 Becky without appearing here.

Becky moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #5666 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #4686 and #5591.
Jordan Compare
In 2006 they stood at #559 and #294 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #468 and #842.
Wendy Compare
In 2006 they stood at #677 and #511 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #468 and #705.
Pamela Compare
In 2006 they stood at #677 and #476 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #468 and #624.

Moved ahead of Becky

Meabh Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3229 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #1711.
Noah Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3229 and #3583 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2499.
Carter Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3229 and #4063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2674.
Tove Compare
In 2017 they stood at #3229 and #5765 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #5666 and #2674.

Moved the opposite way to Becky

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Becky went from #258 to #5669 while Ada went from #2683 to #36.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Becky went from #258 to #5669 while Alma went from #2096 to #279.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Becky went from #258 to #5669 while Alyssa went from #783 to #224.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Becky went from #258 to #5669 while Amalie went from #2096 to #940.

Moved the same way as Becky

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Becky went from #258 to #5669 and Abigail from #21 to #128.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Becky went from #258 to #5669 and Aimee from #70 to #1326.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Becky went from #258 to #5669 and Aisling from #440 to #1621.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2022 in England and Wales · Girls, Becky went from #258 to #5669 and Alex from #161 to #2178.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

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.

Official popularity data is available for 3 regions, from 1993 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #220 in Northern Ireland in 2000. Source data last verified 2026-07-22.

Becky

Becky at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Becky across 3 official records

Becky by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Becky appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Becky

Becky and the names beside it

Becky moved ahead of

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Becky at a glance

Becky across 3 official records

Becky by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Becky appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Becky

Becky and the names beside it

Becky moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Becky

Moved the opposite way to Becky

Moved the same way as Becky