Fun Facts About the Name Beckham
- More than 20 thousand babies named Beckham: U.S. records list 20,632 babies given the name Beckham from 1880 through 2025. Even 310 girls received the name Beckham - about 1 girl for every 66 boys.
What Does the Name Beckham Mean?
Beckham is an English surname and given name that comes from a place name in Norfolk. Its established meaning is 'homestead by a stream.' The place name is Old English: bece or bæce meant 'stream' or 'brook,' and hām meant 'homestead' or 'estate.' Some explanations take the first element instead from an Old English personal name, Becca, which would give the sense 'Becca's homestead.' The stream explanation is the one usually cited, but the first element is not entirely certain.
Beckham Name History & Origins
The place name is recorded in Norfolk, England, in the Domesday Book of 1086 in the form Bacheham. East Beckham and West Beckham are two villages in that county. In medieval England, people who moved away from a village were often identified by its name, and such bynames became hereditary surnames. The surname Beckham originally meant a person from Beckham. It was established in Norfolk and later spread to other parts of England and to English-speaking countries overseas.
As a first name, Beckham is a transferred surname, not a name with a separate medieval history as a personal name. It belongs to the modern practice of using surnames as given names. The surname is widely known through the English soccer player David Beckham, but the given name is a later use of the surname.
How Popular is the Name Beckham?
Beckham recorded its highest annual U.S. birth count in 2025. Its best rank was #168 in 2024.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #3,172 | 50 | 0.0031% |
| 2024 | #2,818 | 59 | 0.0037% |
| 2023 | #4,762 | 28 | 0.0017% |
| 2022 | #4,922 | 27 | 0.0016% |
| 2021 | #5,418 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2020 | #5,885 | 20 | 0.0012% |
| 2019 | #5,458 | 23 | 0.0014% |
| 2018 | #7,813 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2017 | #6,853 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2016 | #9,511 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2015 | #7,332 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 2014 | #9,631 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #14,899 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2011 | #17,164 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #168 | 2,185 | 0.1279% |
| 2024 | #168 | 2,180 | 0.1271% |
| 2023 | #199 | 1,838 | 0.1076% |
| 2022 | #204 | 1,832 | 0.1050% |
| 2021 | #223 | 1,722 | 0.0985% |
| 2020 | #248 | 1,411 | 0.0818% |
| 2019 | #266 | 1,364 | 0.0761% |
| 2018 | #295 | 1,184 | 0.0652% |
| 2017 | #285 | 1,271 | 0.0687% |
| 2016 | #313 | 1,120 | 0.0590% |
| 2015 | #359 | 923 | 0.0482% |
| 2014 | #489 | 575 | 0.0299% |
| 2013 | #528 | 504 | 0.0266% |
| 2012 | #530 | 492 | 0.0259% |
| 2011 | #651 | 360 | 0.0190% |
| 2010 | #749 | 303 | 0.0158% |
| 2009 | #843 | 254 | 0.0128% |
| 2008 | #900 | 231 | 0.0113% |
| 2007 | #1,074 | 173 | 0.0083% |
| 2006 | #1,274 | 131 | 0.0064% |
| 2005 | #1,525 | 93 | 0.0047% |
| 2004 | #1,882 | 65 | 0.0033% |
| 2003 | #2,790 | 35 | 0.0018% |
| 2002 | #5,426 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2001 | #10,744 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2000 | #10,536 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1928 | #4,204 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1927 | #3,814 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1925 | #3,774 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1924 | #4,404 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1921 | #4,386 | 5 | 0.0005% |
| 1905 | #1,249 | 5 | 0.0038% |
| 1904 | #1,223 | 5 | 0.0039% |
| 1903 | #738 | 10 | 0.0084% |
| 1902 | #1,019 | 6 | 0.0049% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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