Beckett
2025 SSA
About Beckett
Beckett is one of the big baby name hits of the decade.
A handsome name with an attractively brisk sound, and rich in literary associations via major Irish playwright Samuel Beckett, it is especially hot among celebs. Melissa Etheridge jump-started the trend in 1998, followed by Conan O'Brien, Stella McCartney, Malcolm McDowell, Nicole Sullivan and Natalie Maines.
Another worthy namesake is the martyred saint Thomas a Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury, whose story was the basis of the Anouilh play "Becket," which became a film starring Richard Burton and Peter O'Toole.
In 2005, the authors of Freakonomics predicted that Beckett would be one of the most popular baby names of 2015. Although they were a little off the mark -- Beckett hasn't even cracked the Top 100 -- we predict that it will continue to climb the US rankings.
Pronounced BEK-ut.
As of October 2026, Beckett ranked #141 in US births in 2025 SSA, Nameberry popularity #52.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #245 | 1,525 | 793.9 |
| 2015 | #218 | 1,821 | 950 |
| 2016 | #214 | 1,839 | 969 |
| 2017 | #227 | 1,687 | 911.4 |
| 2018 | #230 | 1,652 | 909.6 |
| 2019 | #215 | 1,772 | 987.6 |
| 2020 | #210 | 1,810 | 1,048.6 |
| 2021 | #198 | 1,923 | 1,099.2 |
| 2022 | #195 | 1,963 | 1,124.3 |
| 2023 | #196 | 1,873 | 1,095 |
| 2024 | #166 | 2,186 | 1,268.8 |
| 2025 | #141 | 2,518 | 1,474.2 |
World rankings
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Beckett on lists
Famous Becketts
- Beckett Bould
British actor
- Beckett Etheridge (b. 1998)
son of musician Melissa Etheridge
- Beckett Taylor McDowell (b. 2004)
son of actor Malcolm McDowell
- Beckett Finn Pasdar (b. 2004)
son of actor Adrian Pasdar and singer Natalie Maines
- Beckett O'Brien (b. 2005)
son of TV Host Conan O'Brien
- Beckett Mancuso Chung (b. 2007)
son of actress Diane Farr and Seung Yong Chung
- Beckett Robert Lee Willis (2008)
son of designer Stella McCartney
- Beckett Edward Packham (b. 2009)
son of actress/comedienne Nicole Sullivan and Jason Packham
- Beckett Staton (b. 2010)
son of actor Aaron Staton
- Beckett Thomas Strickland (b. 2014)
son of reality TV personalities Melissa Rycroft & Tye Strickland
- Paris Beckett Brosnan (b. 2001)
son of actor Pierce Brosnan
- Jaxx Beckett Johnson (b. 2014)
son of soccer player Will Johnson
- Beckett Scott Robinson (b.2017)
son of country music singer Dylan Scott and Blair Anderson
- Beckett Richard Phelps (b. 2017)
son of swimmer Michael Phelps
- Beckett Mercer Ferguson
Mikita (b. 2020), son of actor Jesse Tyler Ferguson and Justin Mikita
- Beckett Sennecke
Canadian ice hockey player
Beckett in pop culture
- Beckett Fowl
little brother of Artemis Fowl in the series by Eoin Colfer
- Beckett
character in video game "Vampire: The Masquerade , Bloodlines"
- Beckett Cobalt
character in the Addicted Series
- Sam Beckett
character on TV's "Quantum Leap"
- Carson Beckett
character on TV's "Stargate Atlantis"
- Cutler Beckett
character in the Pirates of the Caribbean series
- Katherine "Kate" Houghton Beckett
main character on TV's "Castle"
- Beckett Bradstreet
character on TV's "Backstage"
- Beckett
Character in mobile game "High School Story"
- Beckett Mariner
character in the upcoming animated series, Star Trek: Lower Decks
- Beckett "Beck" Sinclair
character in the novel "Possessed" by Elise Noble